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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - February 1, 2026 [Doof]

Photo credit - Howard in Alberta

Howdy Hordelings - welcome to February! Did you participate in "Dry January"? I most definitely did not. Maybe next year. Probably not. Anyway, the ONT is here and so are you. Any lurkers in the house? Why not make tonight the night to delurk? Regulars - be nice!

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Careful out there!

Woman Suffers Stroke After Cracking Her Neck to Relieve Tension

A simple stretching of the neck caused a young woman to temporarily lose her vision as well as the ability to speak after suffering a stroke.
KayLynne Felthager was driving home from Walmart when she felt a headache coming on and instinctively stretched her neck to the right to relieve some tension. It had become somewhat of a habit to crack her neck after a long day at work, but this time was different. Almost immediately after hearing the crack in her neck, Kaylynne felt a sharp pain in her neck.
The pain in Felthager’s neck didn’t feel normal, and the fact that it did not subside over the next several days didn’t exactly feel reassuring, but she only relied on over-the-counter pain medication to deal with it, instead of seeing a doctor. It wasn’t until five days later that things really took a turn for the worse.
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Once at the hospital, doctors performed a CT scan, which revealed that she had suffered a stroke. After talking to medical staff about the pain she felt after stretching her neck in the car a few days prior, KayLynne was told that the innocent neck cracking had caused an artery dissection, which later resulted in a blood clot reaching her brain and causing a stroke. Luckily, the blood clot dissolved quickly, so the doctors didn’t need to operate.

Seriously -- be careful!!

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AI is asshoe. For real. This is some of the stupidest stuff I have ever seen. Yet there are people who find this interesting and entertaining??

AI-Generated Conjoined Twins Valeria and Camila Are Taking the Internet by Storm

Conjoined twins Valeria and Camila are the latest AI influencers to go viral on social media, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers in a very short time.
With more and more AI models and influencers competing for real humans’ attention, creators have to, well, get creative when designing their avatars. Flawless skin, perfect figure, and dazzling eyes just aren’t enough to cut it on social media today, but the AI conjoined twins niche is apparently right for the picking!
Enter Valeria and Camila, probably the most attractive conjoined twins the world has ever seen. A quick perusal of their Instagram page tells you they are digitally rendered avatars, not real people, but many of their 280,000 followers don’t know, or simply don’t care. The comments section of their posts is always full of compliments, invitations, and heart emojis.
The creators of Instagram’s most popular conjoined twins even created a backstory for them, complete with AI-generated childhood photos and made-up stories about their daily lives. This only made their fans more invested in them, to the point where they ignore the fact that they aren’t real.

I'm choosing not to include any photos of this ridiculousness. Feel free to hit the link if you want to see any.

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Been waiting for a good time to drop this. Seems appropriate given that story.

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Apologies if this has already been shared here at the HQ. Hopefully at least some of you haven't seen it yet.

Minnesota at the moment summed up: pic.twitter.com/FCV58rwa0d
— TruthSeeker01011 (@TruthSeek01011) January 27, 2026

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'Ette behavior? Probably not. But admit it, 'rons -- you kinda want to meet her!

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I can't confirm or deny, but this looks like something you'd see on BlueSky

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Hello, darlings! (your mind just created a picture of me rushing in carrying loads of shopping bags to our couch, didn’t it?). The 68th Annual Grammy Awards are tonight and will be live from Crypto.com Arena. It is the perfect moment to reflect on when the Grammys truly became synonymous with unforgettable fashion.

The ceremony began in 1959 as a modest, black-tie affair: elegant tuxedos, classic evening gowns, pearls, and quiet sophistication at dual dinners in Los Angeles and New York. Fashion was present, but it played a supporting role, polished and understated, much like a well-curated family heirloom collection. There was no dedicated "red carpet" spectacle, no paparazzi swarm, and little media focus on attire.

This shift toward the Grammys being known for bold, boundary-pushing fashion began in the 1970s, when music's evolving creativity spilled onto the arrivals. Cher's 1974 look, a daring, midriff-baring ensemble with a massive crystal butterfly headdress symbolizing new beginnings post-divorce, marked one of the earliest headline-grabbing moments. It blended whimsy, rebellion, and personal narrative, proving the carpet could be as expressive as the performances inside. Around the same era, artists like Stevie Nicks brought bohemian mystique, while others experimented with glitz and drama, setting the stage for more audacious choices. Aretha Franklin graced the stage in flowing, diaphanous gowns that spoke of quiet sovereignty. Donna Summer brought a touch of disco-era drama with structured leopard prints and dramatic tulle.

By the 1980s, the evolution accelerated: Michael Jackson's 1984 bedazzled military jacket and signature single white glove turned personal style into cultural iconography, while Cyndi Lauper and others embraced outrageous, headline-making eccentricity. While the Oscars play it elegant and the Met Gala goes full fantasy, the Grammys let stars strut like it's their personal runway. It is a platform for musicians to treat fashion as performance art. It is eclectic, theatrical, and tied to their artistic identity.

The tipping point that cemented the Grammys' reputation as fashion's most adventurous red carpet came around the turn of the millennium. Jennifer Lopez's legendary green Versace plunge gown at the 2000 Grammys was so searched online that it inspired the creation of Google Image Search—a literal cultural phenomenon. From there, the event's fashion coverage exploded: archival couture (Cardi B's 2019 Thierry Mugler "Venus"), sculptural risks (Lady Gaga's 2010 galactic Armani Privé, and maximalist statements became expected rather than exceptional.

Today’s arrivals may add the next chapter revolutionary dresses - or they may just be audacious for the sake of being loud. Regardless, we will break down the best and worst looks together next week.

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Thanks, Piper!

On a related note, here's an interesting article that hit my feed recently.

37 Famous Musicians Who Have Shockingly Never Won a Grammy

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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

The difficulty level for this one is probably lower among the Horde (I'll say 1 out of 5) compared to that of the general public (probably 4 out of 5). The 3rd one gives it away for most of you.

To make it a bit more difficult for you, please don't just give me the the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif -- tell me specifically how each song fits in.

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Comments

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1 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 01, 2026 10:00 PM (lUFok)

2 !!

Posted by: clarence at February 01, 2026 10:00 PM (6L3LN)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

4 Floridians gather frozen iguanas by armload as frigid temps leave them paralyzed, dropping from trees

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:01 PM (c35xG)

5 Floridians gather frozen iguanas by armload as frigid temps leave them paralyzed, dropping from trees

No doubt preparing to ship them to Tijuana for the annual barbecue.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 01, 2026 10:03 PM (lUFok)

6 This far Heidi Klum looks ridiculous and Chapel Roan clipped a sheet to her boobs and called it a day.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:03 PM (Wmg4n)

7 Glad the ONT is here.

I wish it had been here 30 minutes earlier.

Posted by: Crusader at February 01, 2026 10:03 PM (Cjcf6)

8 You know which guy has two thumbs and isn't watching the Grammies?

Posted by: gKWVE at February 01, 2026 10:04 PM (gKWVE)

9 Belly buttons seem to be a theme. I'm not against bit since it seems to be svelte female bellies.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 10:04 PM (zZu0s)

10 chapell. Autocorrect keeps wanting to change it.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:05 PM (Wmg4n)

11 The 'ette couture. I appreciate Piper's efforts. But I do not care a whit about these celebutards or what they wore.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 01, 2026 10:06 PM (lpTXP)

12 Not a South Park fan but that was pretty spot-on.

FL Woman. "I can fix her!" ---at least half of Morons

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 10:06 PM (Fs0KI)

13 Hello, darlings! (your mind just created a picture of me rushing in carrying loads of shopping bags to our couch, didn’t it?)
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Thought more like Loretta Young, engowned, entering the stage for her TV program.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:07 PM (c35xG)

14 Well, looky here! It's a Sunday Night ONT.

I'll bet we reach at least 200 comments tonight!

Let's go!
🚀

Posted by: mindful webworker - maybe even 225 at February 01, 2026 10:07 PM (j02Vi)

15 The top picture is beautiful.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 10:08 PM (2WIwB)

16 FL Woman. "I can fix her!" ---at least half of Morons
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Nah, I would have been riding shotgun.

Posted by: clarence at February 01, 2026 10:08 PM (6L3LN)

17 Sorry I'm late, my snowshoes needed an oil change.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 01, 2026 10:08 PM (zGyLA)

18 Evening, nightwalkers. I had to send out a couple of e-mails before bed, so thought I would stop by and say hello.

I wouldn't know Cardi B if I ran over her, but is she the black lady in the black and white dress that looks like an exploding flower? If so, I'll say I really like that dress and could actually see it in an 1890s Paris Opera gala.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:08 PM (ufSfZ)

19 Night of the Dropping Iguanas

Posted by: Otto Pen at February 01, 2026 10:08 PM (sJHOI)

20 So you think you've had it rough. This woman is amused by your problems, and generally has a great attitude to life.

https://x.com/i/status/2017728994813034524

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

21 FL Woman. "I can fix her!" ---at least half of Morons
Posted by: Oddbob

Fix her?

I don't want her to change a thing!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 10:09 PM (cYBz/)

22 11 The 'ette couture. I appreciate Piper's efforts. But I do not care a whit about these celebutards or what they wore.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February

It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and that is fine! You can skip it, it’s just fun for me.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:09 PM (Wmg4n)

23 Hello, darlings! (your mind just created a picture of me rushing in carrying loads of shopping bags to our couch, didn’t it?)
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Thought more like Loretta Young, engowned, entering the stage for her TV program.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:07 PM (c35xG)

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And holding a cigarette in a foot long cigarette holder.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 10:09 PM (2WIwB)

24 Today’s arrivals may add the next chapter revolutionary dresses - or they may just be audacious for the sake of being loud. Regardless, we will break down the best and worst looks together next week.
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Does the chick with the dress hanging from her nipples (clamped, I guess, based on twitter comments) count as worst or best?

Posted by: Methos at February 01, 2026 10:10 PM (vSvIl)

25 I flunked Dry January. February isn't looking great either

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 01, 2026 10:10 PM (lpTXP)

26 >>> I can't confirm or deny, but this looks like something you'd see on BlueSky

First World Problem.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)

27 That item about the wall plate reminded me of the guy who kept throwing nails away because the head was on the wrong end.

Posted by: Nemo at February 01, 2026 10:10 PM (4RPgu)

28 Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

Yeah.
She seems too funny and not selfserious enough to be in Portland though. She should move.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 01, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

29 And people wonder why our culture's gone to hell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:11 PM (c35xG)

30 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 01, 2026 10:11 PM (sAmhv)

31 It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and that is fine! You can skip it, it’s just fun for me.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:09 PM (Wmg4n)

Hugs, Piper. You are a good soul.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 01, 2026 10:12 PM (lpTXP)

32 For the morons. I admit, though, I don't see many of the Ettes wearing the top in the first link. Am I wrong?

https://is.gd/JTfRKo

https://is.gd/CO4GDC

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 01, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)

33 The stroke item is interesting. About 30 mins before the ONT posted, he was describing some neck pain he's having. He's 35 and healthy. I listened to him talking about popping his neck and told him - bad idea. I'll send him that article.

Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 01, 2026 10:12 PM (47diA)

34 What happened to Jenny from the block? J-Lo seems to have lost her mind.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 10:12 PM (oT7pT)

35 Just to clarify, if the goal is to be talked about, I think she *wins* in the sense that the outfit has to be mentioned, but probably not shown.

On the other hand, I have no idea who she is, and don't much care, so maybe not.

Posted by: Methos at February 01, 2026 10:12 PM (vSvIl)

36 I don't think I could crack my neck if I tried.

Posted by: Joemarine at February 01, 2026 10:13 PM (y171U)

37 Piper for the rescue.
Always thought Noam was pretty; a natural, healthy attractiveness that shown through. In this recent pic she looks dreadfully skinny except for her once pretty face that now looks like a puffed up mannequin.
And the phone, really? Doesn’t she have a pocket in that bag lady costume she’s wearing?

https://tinyurl.com/mpduauu6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:13 PM (c35xG)

38 Cover plate dilemma — I'm not one to ever say, we're doomed, but there are times…

Posted by: mindful webworker - hint: stand on your head at February 01, 2026 10:13 PM (j02Vi)

39 > I can't confirm or deny, but this looks like something you'd see on BlueSky

First World Problem.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)

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Somewhere CBD is weeping with joy at this discovery of a brother by another mother.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 10:13 PM (2WIwB)

40
I never cared for the J-Lo dress. It's more feat of physics than something pretty.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 10:13 PM (n3nPm)

41 FL Woman. "I can fix her!" ---at least half of Morons
Posted by: Oddbob
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Why? She's awesome!!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 01, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

42 FL Woman. "I can ~~fix~~ join her!" ---at least half of Morons
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Makes more sense now, right?

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

43 Sunday night ONT!!! It figures Sunday and Wednesday are my favorites! Pittsburgh peccadillos and Piper's fashion, plus TRex and Doof helming... yall are doing MisHum and Ace proud!!

Posted by: moki at February 01, 2026 10:14 PM (wLjpr)

44 Thanks for another entertaining Sunday Night ONT, Doof!

That photo from Alberta is simply stunning.

Thanks to Piper for the Grammy fashion history. Look forward to next week's feature of the best and worst dressed at this year's Grammy's!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 01, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk)

45 Good evening morons y gracias Disko y Piper what a great couture report.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

46 They remade The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant and made it female and lamer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

47 "I flunked Dry January. February isn't looking great either
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary"

Who thought that up anyway? I kept drinking just to spite 'em.

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2026 10:16 PM (vFG9F)

48 I flunked Dry January. February isn't looking great either
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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LOL. Me too!

Spicy margaritas & a couple o' poppers?

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 10:16 PM (rdVOm)

49 The accidental groomsman would make for a great psychological thriller or a slapstick comedy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 01, 2026 10:16 PM (XV/Pl)

50 Keep bringing the fun Piper.
I have no use for celebs either but it is fun to point and laugh.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

51 My goodness, I miss Rush Lmbaugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 10:16 PM (IhIKR)

52 I wouldn't know Cardi B if I ran over her, but is she the black lady in the black and white dress that looks like an exploding flower? If so, I'll say I really like that dress and could actually see it in an 1890s Paris Opera gala.

Look at her ankles. There's no way she could walk in that. She must have people who carry her to whatever photo op is next.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

53
But WOW do I dig that hippie-dippie boho look. It was so feminine and pretty.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 10:17 PM (n3nPm)

54 Why have "dry January" when Lent is approaching anyway? Pfft.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 10:17 PM (rdVOm)

55 I don't think I could crack my neck if I tried.
Posted by: Joemarine

Mind if I take a crack at it?
-- Zombie Albert Pierrepoint

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

56
First World Problem.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)

CBD brain teaser.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

57 Stevie Nicks wore some very attractive outfits, IMO.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

58 DOOF! PIPER!
You kidz kick it! Perhaps Piper needs her own ONT...
Nicely done to you both🙂!

Doof,BTW....I'm too lazy to gaf about the 'theme'...but thanx for Pretenders!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 10:18 PM (LNeRu)

59 Dunno if it's even playing after this weekend but can recommend "Melania" to anyone not suffering Stage IV TDS. Well done, interesting, and funny.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2026 10:19 PM (U/Byj)

60 42 FL Woman. "I can fix join her!" ---at least half of Morons
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Makes more sense now, right?
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See my #16.

Posted by: clarence at February 01, 2026 10:19 PM (6L3LN)

61 Seems like every few years for my entire life I have heard of someone paralyzed, killed or maimed by cracking their neck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

62 Wow, Cher was a smokeshow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

63 LOL. Me too!

Spicy margaritas & a couple o' poppers?

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 10:16 PM (rdVOm) soil.

That sounds swell, JQ. I've enjoyed reading about you making those poppers Yum!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (lpTXP)

64 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - non-dry dino at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

65 the black and white dress that looks like an exploding flower? If so, I'll say I really like that dress and could actually see it in an 1890s Paris Opera gala.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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Busby Berkeley is not amused.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (c35xG)

66 47 "I flunked Dry January. February isn't looking great either
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary"

Who thought that up anyway? I kept drinking just to spite 'em.

I closed out the month with my buddy who is visiting from Hawaii. He had some Costco Kirkland brand bourbon. It was actually pretty good.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)

67 I'm going viral with an AI I came up with. It's called "The Honest Somali."

It just an orginary looking Somali guy who shows up in different situations. For example, he's walking down the street humming a happy tune when a guy walking in front of him drops his I-Phone by accident. The Somali guy just walks up, picks up the phone, taps the guy on the shoulder and says, "Sir, I think you dropped this."

Another one has him receiving too much money out of and ATM. He runs to his car (misdirection) and comes back with a tent and lamp, and proceeds to camp out in front of the Bank to report the error when the Tellers arrive the next day.

It's novel...and viral. People are amazed at what you can create with AI.

Posted by: Orson at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske)

68 Piper!

I love love love to fashion pics! I remember some of those appearing in real time. So fun. Fun fun stuff!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (IhIKR)

69 I like J-Lo's dress she is kinda wearing.

Posted by: Case at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (E7+ue)

70 Wow, Cher was a smokeshow.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

My guess is she was always annoying as fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

71 37 Piper for the rescue.
Always thought Noam was pretty; a natural, healthy attractiveness that shown through. In this recent pic she looks dreadfully skinny except for her once pretty face that now looks like a puffed up mannequin.
And the phone, really? Doesn’t she have a pocket in that bag lady costume she’s wearing?

https://tinyurl.com/mpduauu6

Noem is naturally thin and probably loses weight under stress, which she is. She has never shied away from augmenting her face, though. Many of us are a little vain, and she has been told her entire life she is pretty. She doesn’t want that to end, but I hope she recognizes age eventually comes for us all. Tweak a little here and there, but let some natural aging happen simultaneously.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)

72 I stink at guessing the music themes, but I'm wondering if tonight's selection were used by the inimitable El Rushbo during his show?

Posted by: moki at February 01, 2026 10:21 PM (wLjpr)

73 69 I like J-Lo's dress she is kinda wearing.
Posted by: Case at February 01, 2026 10

Oh this dress from 2000 is incredible. I would wear this dress to the embarrassment of everyone here. 😂

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:21 PM (Wmg4n)

74 Right on, clarence!

Don't know how I missed your #16!

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 10:22 PM (rdVOm)

75 I stink at guessing the music themes, but I'm wondering if tonight's selection were used by the inimitable El Rushbo during his show?
Posted by: moki at February 01, 2026 10:21 PM (wLjpr)

You're on the right track. The 3rd one definitely relates to Rush Limbaugh.

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)

76 40
I never cared for the J-Lo dress. It's more feat of physics than something pretty.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 10:13 PM (n3nPm)

A little fashion tape has saved many a day!

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:23 PM (Wmg4n)

77 The obvious fix for tonight's FWP is to remove the duplex outlet and switch, reinstall with their positions swapped.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 10:23 PM (/lPRQ)

78
I stink at guessing the music themes, but I'm wondering if tonight's selection were used by the inimitable El Rushbo during his show?
Posted by: moki

Mark Levin uses the Linkin Park tune.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:23 PM (Cqx++)

79 Mark Levin uses the Linkin Park tune.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:23 PM (Cqx++)

Keep pulling that thread

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

80 68 Piper!

I love love love to fashion pics! I remember some of those appearing in real time. So fun. Fun fun stuff!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February

Same, MJ, JLo, Cardi B. I thought Cardi looked the least fake she ever has that night.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:24 PM (Wmg4n)

81 Look at her ankles. There's no way she could walk in that. She must have people who carry her to whatever photo op is next.

Mmm, the hobble skirt. One of my favorite early 1900s fashion choices.

https://tinyurl.com/48e9z7zt

Carolyn Jones wore a modified version of it in The Addams Family, though the octopus legs at the bottom were actually a removable frill.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:25 PM (ufSfZ)

82
Regulars - be nice!

YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2026 10:25 PM (y9nCu)

83 That is the first time I've heard Linkin Park, maybe.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 01, 2026 10:25 PM (lpTXP)

84 The obvious fix for tonight's FWP is to remove the duplex outlet and switch, reinstall with their positions swapped.

Sure, that's one way to go - the wrong way! What you need to do is put the house on a horizontally oriented turntable and spin it 180 degrees.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)

85 Stevie Nicks wore some very attractive outfits, IMO.
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I saw her Live in concert about 2 months ago.

If you love her, go.

If you are indifferent, don't go.

Posted by: Crusader at February 01, 2026 10:25 PM (Cjcf6)

86 Talk show themes. I don't know the Martina song.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:26 PM (Cqx++)

87 David from Accounting is my Spirit Animal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:26 PM (IUuBi)

88 The hidden link is very well hidden tonight.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 01, 2026 10:26 PM (syz1S)

89 I like J-Lo's dress she is kinda wearing.
Posted by: Case at February 01, 2026 10

Oh this dress from 2000 is incredible. I would wear this dress to the embarrassment of everyone here. 😂
Posted by: Piper

Double sided breast tape.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 10:26 PM (/lPRQ)

90 MJ could've stopped getting plastic surgery in the early 80s-- he looked fiiiiiiine back then!

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (rdVOm)

91 **waves to Nurse**

I hope you had a lovely weekend, dear lady.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (ufSfZ)

92 reminded me of the guy who kept throwing nails away because the head was on the wrong end.
Posted by: Nemo

Yeah. I knew there was some similar story I'd read about, and I think that's what I was trying to recall.

There are a million stories in the idiot city.

Posted by: mindful webworker - left-handed screwdrivers at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (j02Vi)

93 I admit, I had to search, but Sean Hannity used independence day. What happened to him? He was okay years ago but he seems as fake as a toupee on a fifth rate healing preacher.

Posted by: moki at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr)

94 (the middle item)

I keep telling you guys, I'm a vodka mom, not a wine mom!

Posted by: pookysgirl's current favorite is Pinnacle Whipped at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Wt5PA)

95 Talk show themes. I don't know the Martina song.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:26 PM (Cqx++)

Yes. Talk radio programs.

Who is the 2nd one connected to??

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

96 Mr Poppins!!!!

On the ONT?!? Hello sir!

*blushes*
*curtsies*

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (IhIKR)

97 Conjoined twins Valeria and Camila are the latest AI influencers to go viral
There's a sucker born every minute.

Posted by: Barnum at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (0Htd1)

98 MJ could've stopped getting plastic surgery in the early 80s-- he looked fiiiiiiine back then!

Yeah, that picture was taken while he still had a nose.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)

99 Piper,

I've heard the Love Sac couches are durable and comfortable. My friend has a sectional and said it's all washable, so good for pets. If I had it to do all over, I'd get a set instead of the couch we wound up getting. Not bargain furniture but you can get some pieces at Costco.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (VCgbV)

100 I flunked Dry January.

I think of it as Gin January. Every year I take one food item that I don’t particularly enjoy, but should and this year I chose gin.

I didn’t know I chose gin, but sometimes the universe has its own plans.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 10:28 PM (EXyHK)

101 24 Today’s arrivals may add the next chapter revolutionary dresses - or they may just be audacious for the sake of being loud. Regardless, we will break down the best and worst looks together next week.
-
Does the chick with the dress hanging from her nipples (clamped, I guess, based on twitter comments) count as worst or best?
Posted by: Methos at February 01, 2026

It’s boring and awful. She wants to be Gaga. She won’t be, though.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:28 PM (Wmg4n)

102 Regulars - be nice!

YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2026 10:25 PM (y9nCu)

Regulars? REGULARS? Who said we were Regular?

We're Irregularly exceptional!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 01, 2026 10:28 PM (S/Y4j)

103 If you are indifferent, don't go.
Posted by: Crusader
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What if you can't stand her?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:30 PM (c35xG)

104 I've heard the Love Sac couches are durable and comfortable.

TIN ROOF! RUSTED!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:30 PM (ufSfZ)

105 99 Piper,

I've heard the Love Sac couches are durable and comfortable. My friend has a sectional and said it's all washable, so good for pets. If I had it to do all over, I'd get a set instead of the couch we wound up getting. Not bargain furniture but you can get some pieces at Costco.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February

Thank you! I will look at them. I am okay with a little money for durability that still looks nice!

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)

106 So, Alex Pretti was killed by two experienced Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection agents named Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez.

That isn't going to help The Narrative at all...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 01, 2026 10:30 PM (n1OCj)

107 Sure not as spry as I used to be. Put in four fenceposts buried three feet deep, two h-corners, a fourteen foot gate, and a relatively short section of five-stand barbed-wire(pronounced " bobwar") fence this weekend, and I am dog-tired.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 01, 2026 10:31 PM (vd6bO)

108 This far Heidi Klum looks ridiculous and Chapel Roan clipped a sheet to her boobs and called it a day.
Posted by: Piper
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Nipple clamps?
Ohhhh, kinky!

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2026 10:31 PM (36QIT)

109 46 They remade The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant and made it female and lamer.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

I looked at that picture and all I could think of was Ray Milland and Rosie Grier.

I’ve always thought that’s the most comically bad creature movie ever - imagine a monster movie where all the monster does is argue with himself about racial politics.
The horror! The horror!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:33 PM (IUuBi)

110 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde! I'm sorry to report that the only solution for Chris' switch plate problem is to tear the box out of the wall, and mount it upside-down.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 10:34 PM (8zz6B)

111 FL Woman. "I can fix her!" ---at least half of Morons
----
Nah, I would have been riding shotgun.
Posted by: clarence

Wine, sushi, and cinnamon rolls at the same time?

Nuh uh. Chick's already preggers. And gonna have a fetal-alcohol-syndrome kid.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

112 My pocket book for couches goes up to Flex Steel, not much more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:34 PM (c35xG)

113 Bring your jukebox money!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)

114 The creators of Instagram’s most popular conjoined twins even created a backstory for them, complete with AI-generated childhood photos and made-up stories about their daily lives. This only made their fans more invested in them, to the point where they ignore the fact that they aren’t real.

To quote the late Dirty Dan, "This is stupid."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 10:35 PM (uQesX)

115 reminded me of the guy who kept throwing nails away because the head was on the wrong end.
Posted by: Nemo

Now that I think about it, wasn't he subsequently informed that those were the nails for the other side of the roof?

Posted by: mindful webworker - ambidextrous silly putty at February 01, 2026 10:35 PM (j02Vi)

116 FL Woman. "I can ~~fix~~ join her!" ---at least half of Morons
----
Makes more sense now, right?
Posted by: JQ
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Well, now you have the number of letters correct, but they're the wrong ones.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2026 10:36 PM (36QIT)

117 108 This far Heidi Klum looks ridiculous and Chapel Roan clipped a sheet to her boobs and called it a day.
Posted by: Piper
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Nipple clamps?
Ohhhh, kinky!
Posted by: buddhaha
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Double sided tape.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:36 PM (c35xG)

118 I am off to bed, y’all be good and stay warm!

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 10:36 PM (Wmg4n)

119 And another thing

Trump should impose a million dollar tariff on every Canadian goose that flies into US airspace.

Not good eatin', just shit on everything while eatin' American migratory food.

Posted by: Miklos says feed them gooses to the Messicans. hell they'll eat it at February 01, 2026 10:36 PM (AP7fj)

120 38 Cover plate dilemma — I'm not one to ever say, we're doomed, but there are times…
Posted by: mindful webworker - hint: stand on your head at February 01, 2026 10:13 PM (j02Vi

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The strange thing is, somehow it used to fit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 01, 2026 10:37 PM (JkO4W)

121 The obvious fix for tonight's FWP is to remove the duplex outlet and switch, reinstall with their positions swapped.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Yup. If you think it's hard to find a switch plate with the switch on the right, think of how much harder it is to find one that also has the shiny side on the west face.

Posted by: mikeski, discarding the nails for the other side of the house at February 01, 2026 10:37 PM (VHUov)

122 Fix her?

I don't want her to change a thing!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 10:09 PM (cYBz/)

airline bottles of tequila would tune her up nicely for the party at Peon's place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 10:37 PM (8zz6B)

123 When is the SOTU Speech? I hope POTUS throws down the gauntlet on these anti-ICE lunatics in Minnesota AND the fraudsters.

Posted by: Jmel at February 01, 2026 10:38 PM (bVhJi)

124 Double sided tape.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:38 PM (c35xG)

125 Please correct the photo credit from "Howard in Alberta" to "Howard in the Republic of Alberta" or, better yet, "Howard in 51!!!!!".

I'm tired of being Carnholed, I'd rather be part of the Calgary Trumpalo Stampede.

Posted by: Fred_Z at February 01, 2026 10:38 PM (VQIqq)

126 Double sided tape.

Posted by: Braenyard

For some odd reason, I suspect that phrase is in the Epstein file

Posted by: Miklos is too old to be so cynical at February 01, 2026 10:39 PM (AP7fj)

127 I thought I said that. Damn.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:39 PM (c35xG)

128 I liked the Fashion Thread except for Stevie Nicks. She always managed to look trashy like she ran through a thrift store throwing on random layers of ugly fabric.

Posted by: Don Loper Originals at February 01, 2026 10:39 PM (oftw2)

129 My City Was Gone, aka the Rush Limbaugh show theme.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 01, 2026 10:39 PM (PlzrS)

130 Nipple clamps?
Ohhhh, kinky!

But surprisingly common, according to Juliet Nicholson's The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before The Storm.

From page 83:

Small silver rings clamped into the nipples deepened, enhanced and raised the cleavage by providing a sort of ledge on which the evening gown rested precariously. . .[a]nd so the finest of Edwardian society made their way downstains for dinner, the men smelling strongly of Mr Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet, undercut by inescapable body odour and cigar smoke, the ladies wafting down in a cloud of lavender and rose-water that helped disguise the whiff of dirty hair, while the rubbing of the unseen rings against the dress afforded a secret frisson of pleasure.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:39 PM (ufSfZ)

131 Chapel Roan clipped a sheet to her boobs and called it a day.

Ouch.

Posted by: Barnum at February 01, 2026 10:40 PM (0Htd1)

132 Sure, that's one way to go - the wrong way! What you need to do is put the house on a horizontally oriented turntable and spin it 180 degrees.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Uh, wouldn't mounting the house on a vertical TT, and rotating it 180 deg. work? Ow! something just popped in my neck...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2026 10:40 PM (XeU6L)

133 I like Stevie Nicks (and Fleetwood Mac) well enough, but someone here a while back said that when she sings it sounds like a goat is getting his nuts squeezed. I shared that observation with the missus, and now every time we hear her on the radio we both immediately go "baaaaaaa!"

Posted by: PabloD at February 01, 2026 10:41 PM (3VXNH)

134 Nipple clamps?
Ohhhh, kinky!
Posted by: buddhaha
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Double sided tape.
Posted by: Braenyard

Ladies, isn't there such a tape to be used to hold up strapless dresses/gowns?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 10:41 PM (cYBz/)

135 I haven't watched any awards shows in years. If I wanted to deal with annoying, attention seeking narcissists, I'd hang out with my older sister.

Posted by: Barnum at February 01, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)

136 And with that, I am off to bed, to dream of the 1910 Royal Ascot race.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:42 PM (ufSfZ)

137 Bring your jukebox money!
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I plan to be Tin Roof Rusted

Posted by: bartender Miklos that a B-52 is not the same as Russian Quaalude at February 01, 2026 10:42 PM (AP7fj)

138 Gorilla Glue!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 01, 2026 10:43 PM (wVcYX)

139 I think a nearby municipal entity is in legal jeopardy.

Frostproof FL is experiencing ANOTHER round of frost.

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 01, 2026 10:44 PM (pscAN)

140

Okay, I don't expect any responses for what I am posting. I just need to say this.

Today our oldest grandson had his 12 birthday.

His mother died during a c-section with him.

We all of course we're devasted. We didn't know what we were going to do.

We kept moving forward and one day when grandson was 18 months old another wonderful woman came into our lives.

Son married again and our wonderful daughter-in-law stepped up and into our family.

God moves into our lives when we don't expect it.

Our wonderful daughter-in-law has blessed us with three more wonderful grandchildren.

We thank God everyday for the blessing of our daughter-in-law.

God is great.

Posted by: four seasons at February 01, 2026 10:44 PM (3ek7K)

141 Ladies, isn't there such a tape to be used to hold up strapless dresses/gowns?
Posted by: Tonypete
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It's sold under the name "Fashion Tape", I believe. I have some but I'm too lazy to look. It's good to keep shirts from slipping off your shoulders or keeping your bra straps from showing with certain outfits.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 01, 2026 10:45 PM (VCgbV)

142 Ohhhh, kinky!

How kinky are we talking?

One feather or the whole chicken?

Posted by: Miklos recalls jokes from the 70s at February 01, 2026 10:45 PM (AP7fj)

143 I liked JLo's dress. That blue/green mixture has always been one of my favorites. I like the overall look of the dress, too. Now, if you put the same dress on a 300 lb buffalo, it would be totally gross.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 01, 2026 10:45 PM (DK5Sh)

144 So, Alex Pretti was killed by two experienced Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection agents named Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez.

That isn't going to help The Narrative at all...
Posted by: The ARC of History!

++++

Lots of southern Border Patrol are Hispanic and not unusual to be married to a Mexican and kept house on the south of the border.
Even extended family on both sides.
Not really remarkable given from TX to Cali families had straddled that line for generations.

But...
Pretti getting smoked by Jesus...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

145 Ok I looked up that chapel roan outfit. That’s not sexy, it’s stupid and disgusting.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:45 PM (IUuBi)

146 Archimedes, that woman looks like she has some hormone issues.

Posted by: Barnum at February 01, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)

147 So much for "search the comments first, to make sure you aren't making the same joke."

Searched for "switch," and missed Nemo's comment because he called it a "wall plate."

Not gonna stop me from making dumb jokes before I read the whole thread, though.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

148 For Grammys, no ZZ Top, no Bachman Turner Overdrive. Sadz.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 01, 2026 10:46 PM (jqHAs)

149
Her Majesty has gotten the bench at the Javits Center set up and related how she's dealing with the Mamdani-maintained streets, which are a complete and utter mess.

She's sharing a hotel room with The Big Dummy's breeder/co-owner, who told me a tale of her flight to NYC, featuring a kid who refused to sit down. When the family was told to leave the plane, the mother threw a fit. Sometimes I'm happy to be a shut-in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:46 PM (tgvbd)

150
David from Accounting is my Spirit Animal.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:26 PM (IUuBi)

Back in the early 00s, we had one of those "team building" exercises where they took the whole crew to play paintball. A lot of fun, especially since I made it a point to fuck with the Director of Ops. The last game was an every man for himself free-for-all. Everyone died within about 3 minutes except for me and Phil. We were both hunkered down in the prone shooting through the grass and brush, until I scampered away in a fast low crawl around his flank. Ended up close behind him so I got up and charged until I was standing over him and I shot him about 5 times in the ass at about 8 feet. He never saw it coming until the first paintball hit.

With the whole crew watching, they found it EXTREMELY entertaining. Months later he was still complaining about how his ass was bruised for weeks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2026 10:46 PM (y9nCu)

151
I liked JLo's dress.

___________

Unfortunately, it's on JLo.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:47 PM (tgvbd)

152 It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and that is fine! You can skip it, it’s just fun for me.
Posted by: Piper

I appreciate it. It lets me see how ridiculous they are without having to actually watch the show.

Posted by: Barnum at February 01, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)

153 Ladies, isn't there such a tape to be used to hold up strapless dresses/gowns?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 10:41 PM (cYBz/)

*gives Tonypete the side eye*

There could be. But it sounds aggravating. I'd rather wear a dress that fits and doesn't need duck tape to hold up my boobs .

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 01, 2026 10:48 PM (lpTXP)

154 We thank God everyday for the blessing of our daughter-in-law.

God is great.

Posted by: four seasons at February 01, 2026 10:44 PM (3ek7K)

Amen.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 01, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

155 Gorilla Glue!
Posted by: Count de Monet

There's a whole Tv channel. Classy, really the best, that much I can tell you.

Gorillas, glue, like you wouldn't believe

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at February 01, 2026 10:49 PM (AP7fj)

156 Not gonna stop me from making dumb jokes before I read the whole thread, though.
Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

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Damn right. HQ traditions are traditions for a reason!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 01, 2026 10:49 PM (+HNx/)

157 Ok I cheated and looked up who uses the Macbride song so I won’t say it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:49 PM (IUuBi)

158 Ok I cheated and looked up who uses the Macbride song so I won’t say it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:49 PM (IUuBi)

That's nice of you. You're a great American!

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:50 PM (QMAsf)

159 I'm watching "The Neon Demon". A lot of "Showgirls" DNA is in this one. Script is a little slow so far

Posted by: gKWVE at February 01, 2026 10:50 PM (gKWVE)

160 Yes. Talk radio programs.

Who is the 2nd one connected to??
Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

Mike Douglas?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 10:50 PM (uQesX)

161 It's sold under the name "Fashion Tape", I believe. I have some but I'm too lazy to look. It's good to keep shirts from slipping off your shoulders or keeping your bra straps from showing with certain outfits.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

It comes in liquid form, also. Commonly called "sock(s) glue" because Japanese schoolgirls use it to hold up their loose-fitting socks.

Wikipedia: https://is.gd/df2HUn

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)

162 I've looked for a metric pipe wrench for years.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 10:51 PM (jc0TO)

163 If you ever want to test your friends, text them this: "I've lost my phone. Would you try calling it so I can find it?"

How many will call you?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 01, 2026 10:52 PM (S/Y4j)

164
Ok I cheated and looked up who uses the Macbride song so I won’t say it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Moki already mentioned it at 93

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:52 PM (Cqx++)

165 CNN reports liberal women are joining left gun clubs in record numbers despite democrat politicians asking them to stay disarmed.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 01, 2026 10:53 PM (ek0+h)

166 I want to see AOC wearing the J-Lo dress. If she's running for a federal position in the government, she needs to pump up her numbers, before she gets fat and old.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 10:53 PM (oT7pT)

167 I admit, I had to search, but Sean Hannity used independence day. What happened to him? He was okay years ago but he seems as fake as a toupee on a fifth rate healing preacher.

Same thing that happens to a lot of celebrity types. They get so many people blowing smoke up their ass about how fucking wonderful they are that they actually start thinking they are somebody special.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 01, 2026 10:54 PM (lUFok)

168
CNN reports liberal women are joining left gun clubs in record numbers despite democrat politicians asking them to stay disarmed.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25

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This strikes me as good in a number of ways.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 10:54 PM (n3nPm)

169

And it was three shows which came on one after the other.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:54 PM (Cqx++)

170 A largely tangent here, but one thing has always bothered me about the premise behind Gilligan's Island. Why would a millionaire and his wife deign to lower their lavish way of living simply for a tour aboard a barely cobbled shop for Florida? What enticement was there for a movie star to board that same vessel? What exactly would a professor (whose field of study was never made clear) make that same choice? Mary Ann might find enchantment for a brief outing on the ocean, giving her origins in the American Midwest.

Then I think off the proximity of Cuba. Was that the actual place they made landfall? Did Castro have intentions for the unfortunates? Could it be that Gilligan's antics that routinely damaged any escape effort actual represented that he was working with Fidel? Think about it - he always wore a vivid red shirt.

Posted by: John Drake at February 01, 2026 10:54 PM (g2WbM)

171 before she gets fat and old and more stupid.

FIFY

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 01, 2026 10:54 PM (47diA)

172 I want to see AOC wearing the J-Lo dress. If she's running for a federal position in the government, she needs to pump up her numbers, before she gets fat and old.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 10:53 PM (oT7pT)

APL >>>>>>>>> AOC

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:55 PM (QMAsf)

173 I've looked for a metric pipe wrench for years.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 10:51 PM (jc0TO)

they are near the left-handed baseball bats.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 01, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)

174 I don't think I could crack my neck if I tried.
Posted by: Joemarine

Mind if I take a crack at it?
-- Zombie Albert Pierrepoint
Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

It is a snap!
--Zombie Isadora Duncan

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)

175 Miklos.
It's always so good to see you!
Always reminds me of those heady, late MisHum nights before Doof was a 'Big Shot'....🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 10:55 PM (LNeRu)

176 This far Heidi Klum looks ridiculous and Chapel Roan clipped a sheet to her boobs and called it a day.
Posted by: Piper

* searches *

Heidi Klum's isn't even clothing. Someone dipped her in Plasti-Dip(tm), let it dry, and tore it off at the knee.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)

177 Loved the David story and the fashion info. I was not aware that the Grammies were tonight now am able to actively ignore them so thank you!

Happy Sunday Horde!

Posted by: Iris at February 01, 2026 10:56 PM (bOJ2I)

178 And it was three shows which came on one after the other.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 10:54 PM (Cqx++)

That wasn't the case in my area. Hannity followed El Rushbo but then we had a local talk show. Levin was on tape delay.

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:56 PM (QMAsf)

179 who was the other female singer in Fleetwood Mac
she was better than Nicks, IMO

Posted by: Don Black at February 01, 2026 10:57 PM (ZxPkt)

180 This strikes me as good in a number of ways.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 10:54 PM (n3nPm)

They can get gang bangers to teach them the sideways gun hold.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 10:57 PM (8zz6B)

181
It is a snap!
--Zombie Isadora Duncan

___________

Watching Vanessa Redgrave die stupidly is one of life's delights.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:57 PM (tgvbd)

182

A year ago, I applied to be a Canadian Immigration Officer.

Figured they will need staff because of all the people saying "If Trump wins I am moving to Canada".

Bonus-meet some famous Hollywood and Music stars.

Now they call me the "Maytag Man"

Posted by: Miklos is dissapoint at February 01, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

183 AOC
She's already had a little face work done.
She was destined to have Richard Nixon jowls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:57 PM (c35xG)

184 Chapel Roan isn't worth discussing. She's crazy, and has admitted to that.

Posted by: Crusader at February 01, 2026 10:57 PM (Cjcf6)

185 106 So, Alex Pretti was killed by two experienced Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection agents named Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez.
That isn't going to help The Narrative at all...
Posted by: The ARC

But what would Jesus do?

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 01, 2026 10:58 PM (0Htd1)

186 God is great.

Posted by: four seasons at February 01, 2026 10:44 PM (3ek7K)
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b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

187 Miklos.
It's always so good to see you!
Always reminds me of those heady, late MisHum nights before Doof was a 'Big Shot'....🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 10:55 PM (LNeRu)

Big Shot?? Ha! I'm barely a medium shot.

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:58 PM (QMAsf)

188 Also recommend Melania. Two couples went on Friday, and even the boyz found it entertaining. Even if you have TDS, it was informative about the behind the scenes duties of the First Lady. I don't know how she handled those long days on those heels. She is a gem and we are lucky we have her. Since she gets no other press, this was a good way to showcase her integrity.

Posted by: Shipoopi at February 01, 2026 10:59 PM (JB7yd)

189 179 who was the other female singer in Fleetwood Mac
she was better than Nicks, IMO
Posted by: Don Black
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Christine McVie. Yes, she was.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 01, 2026 10:59 PM (sAmhv)

190 Levin was on tape delay.
Posted by: Doof

as is Right and Proper

Posted by: Big Dope Miklos gets off the phone at February 01, 2026 10:59 PM (AP7fj)

191 who was the other female singer in Fleetwood Mac
she was better than Nicks, IMO
Posted by: Don Black

That would be Christine Perfect McVie, who sadly is no longer with us. and unlike Nicks, she belonged in the band
youtu.be/UADPBrSnt60

Posted by: gKWVE at February 01, 2026 10:59 PM (gKWVE)

192 niche is apparently right for the picking!
So... AI generated article?

Or, just some idiot "journalist" who doesn't even understand the idioms they throw around? And no editor to correct them?

Posted by: GWB at February 01, 2026 10:59 PM (IBQTE)

193 I'm watching "The Neon Demon". A lot of "Showgirls" DNA is in this one. Script is a little slow so far
Posted by: gKWVE
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Showgirls had a script?
No, I never read the articles, either.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2026 10:59 PM (36QIT)

194 Saw an ancient rerun of BBCs Top Gear tonight and Mack Fleetwood was on. He talked quite a bit about the great internal strife in Fleetwood Mac. He said the band often recorded the instrumental parts and back up vocals and THEN Stevie Nicks would record the lead over them (she hadn't necessarily been in the studio yet) and leave. Crazy stuff. Rich stuff though.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 01, 2026 11:00 PM (47diA)

195 Big Shot?? Ha! I'm barely a medium shot.
Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 10:58 PM (QMAsf)

You're a medium shot who drinks big shots?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 01, 2026 11:00 PM (S/Y4j)

196 JD, they were in the Pacific. Left from Honolulu.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 11:00 PM (uQesX)

197 Stickum?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 01, 2026 11:00 PM (wVcYX)

198 Our wonderful daughter-in-law has blessed us with three more wonderful grandchildren.
We thank God everyday for the blessing of our daughter-in-law.

God is great.
Posted by: four seasons

Amen to that! How wonderful!

After I was widowed, I found T, or she found me, and we soon married. She was, and is, a saint. She scooped up my little boys and became their mother in every way except birth. Somehow, she also kept the memory of their natural mother alive for them without having ever meeting her.

The boys love her madly for a zillion good reasons.

God indeed is good.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 11:00 PM (cYBz/)

199 179 who was the other female singer in Fleetwood Mac
she was better than Nicks, IMO
Posted by: Don Black at February 01, 2026 10:57 PM (ZxPkt)

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*ahem*

Yoo-hooo! I'm right here!

Posted by: Google at February 01, 2026 11:01 PM (+HNx/)

200 Big Shot?? Ha! I'm barely a medium shot.
Posted by: Doof

Doof is a standard 3 oz shot

He can choose his preferred color of Jell-O

Posted by: Corporate Late Nite Q/A auditor Miklos at February 01, 2026 11:01 PM (AP7fj)

201 The other female singer in Fleetwood Mac was Helen Thomas.

Posted by: Google AI at February 01, 2026 11:02 PM (gKWVE)

202 Levin was on tape delay.
Posted by: Doof

as is Right and Proper
Posted by: Big Dope Miklos gets off the phone at February 01, 2026 10:59 PM (AP7fj)

Nice reference, ya big dope!

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

203 Tom Petty dated Stevie Nicks and now he's dead.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 01, 2026 11:02 PM (+HNx/)

204 Shit man, is that switch cover question legit? Part of me says yup. My brother's FIL is proof that life can sustain itself with a single digit IQ, being a biden supporter was one clue, but seeing he lives a mile from my father he called him and asked if he had an offset screwdriver. My father being curious went to his house to see what this retard had going on. He goes into the house and the dim one says he needs the offset screw driver to get at screws in his ceiling fan, and he has to get around the blades. My father reaches up and rotates the blades out of the way and poof, problem solved. True story, and yes people are indeed that fucking stupid.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2026 11:02 PM (snZF9)

205 Posted by: John Drake at February 01, 2026 10:54 PM (g2WbM)
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It was Hawaii not Florida.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 11:03 PM (RIvkX)

206 Chapel Roan isn't worth discussing. She's crazy, and has admitted to that.
Posted by: Crusader at February 01, 2026 10:57 PM (Cjcf6)

Narthex Appaloosa is a much better actress.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 11:03 PM (8zz6B)

207 AOC could use some tape over her mouth.

Posted by: Case at February 01, 2026 11:03 PM (E7+ue)

208 And it was three shows which came on one after the other.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I happen to have another handy dandy spinoff right here

Posted by: Mr. Haney at February 01, 2026 11:04 PM (AP7fj)

209

Tonypete,

Our daughter-in-law has done the same thing.

It was a difficult time explaining to our grandson that he wasn't responsible for his mother dying.

We keep his mother's memory alive.

Posted by: four seasons at February 01, 2026 11:05 PM (3ek7K)

210 My father reaches up and rotates the blades out of the way and poof, problem solved. True story, and yes people are indeed that fucking stupid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2026 11:02 PM (snZF9)

Wow. Does he have separate ratchets for loosening and tightening?

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 11:06 PM (QMAsf)

211 AOC could use some tape over her mouth.
Posted by: Case

That or a ball gag the size of a very large apple.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 11:06 PM (/lPRQ)

212 Regarding left females and firearms: My daughter is very, very left! However, she is a fine pistol shot. We worked together on it while she was in high school and college.

Now she lives in a large city in the midwest and states she will never have a gun in her house. I do NOT understand.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 01, 2026 11:08 PM (47diA)

213 OrangeEnt, that does change things considerably. I may have to go back to that each of the characters represented one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Gilligan, all garbed in red, was Lucifer, keeping them from escaping Hell itself. Does make one wonder, though I can't envision Mary Ann firring in that scenario.

Posted by: John Drake at February 01, 2026 11:08 PM (g2WbM)

214 Hey guys, guess what! I got season tickets to the second half of the 2026 season at the Trump-Kennedy Center!! The scalper got them for me for a really reasonable price. I bet they keep their best shows for after July.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 11:08 PM (rbvCR)

215 Thought more like Loretta Young, engowned, entering the stage for her TV program.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 10:07 PM (c35xG)

So- Gary Cooper was the producer for "The Farmer's Daughter". Looking over the costume budget, he saw way too much money allocated to her farm girl dresses.
"Can't you just get those at a department store?" he asked.
"We can, but you're going to be the one to tell Loretta you bought her wardrobe at Sears."

Posted by: sal at February 01, 2026 11:09 PM (f+FmA)

216 Did Howard in Alberta say where that pic was taken? I'd have to go about 30 miles West to see the Rockies like that. They are just below the horizon for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 11:09 PM (8zz6B)

217 OrangeEnt, that does change things considerably. I may have to go back to that each of the characters represented one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Gilligan, all garbed in red, was Lucifer, keeping them from escaping Hell itself. Does make one wonder, though I can't envision Mary Ann firring in that scenario.
Posted by: John Drake at February 01, 2026 11:08 PM (g2WbM)

Interesting concept. I always thought it was the Professor. Two chicks, one professor....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 11:09 PM (uQesX)

218 This will probably come as a surprise to no one, but it looks like the medical fraud in California is going to dwarf that in Minnesota.

18% of the ENTIRE COUNTRY'S billing for "home health care" came from ONE COUNTY in California.

There's a doctor there who filed claims for 1,900 patients (remember, this is an ongoing service, not, say, an urgent-care doc who hands out 50 bottles of amoxicillin a day).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 01, 2026 11:10 PM (IG3/x)

219 191who was the other female singer in Fleetwood Mac
she was better than Nicks, IMO
Posted by: Don Black

That would be Christine Perfect McVie, who sadly is no longer with us. and unlike Nicks, she belonged in the band
youtu.be/UADPBrSnt60

Yes! She had such a lovely voice. Never really got the Nicks thing, but she did write some good songs...for a girl ...🎶🎶

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 11:10 PM (LNeRu)

220 Evenin’, All. Happy Monday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at February 01, 2026 11:11 PM (77rzZ)

221 Heidi Klum's isn't even clothing. Someone dipped her in Plasti-Dip(tm), let it dry, and tore it off at the knee.
Posted by: mikeski

* scrolls through the other pictures *

Benson Boone (whodat?) couldn't decide if he wanted to dress up like a ninja or a pimp.

Jack Antonoff (whodat?) has no fashion sense, because that looks like something I might actually be seen wearing.

Huh, Chaka Khan is still alive.

Huh, Busta Rhymes is still alive. Also, couldn't decide if he wanted to dress up like a pimp or a Cardinal.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

222 My father reaches up and rotates the blades out of the way and poof, problem solved. True story, and yes people are indeed that fucking stupid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2026 11:02 PM (snZF9)

Wow. Does he have separate ratchets for loosening and tightening?
Posted by: Doof

This one has much to learn

Posted by: Blind Mechanic Monk Miklos of Shaolin at February 01, 2026 11:11 PM (AP7fj)

223 AI is asshoe. For real.

Sorry Doof, I was just watching an AI video of Nick Shirley running away from Somalis riding fat white Karens with green hair and nose rings. Absolute cinema, as the kids say.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 01, 2026 11:11 PM (wItF4)

224 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 11:12 PM (SRRAx)

225 Inger Stevens was the Farmer's Daughter on TV.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 11:12 PM (Cqx++)

226 Another little gift from Blo Jiden and Kami for leaving the border wide open ?????

Health officials warn measles surge intensifies, hundreds in quarantine
South Carolina reported 847 measles cases on Friday, state health data showed, including 58 additional infections since Tuesday, as officials warned the widening outbreak could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake.

There are currently 443 people in quarantine and 20 in isolation. The latest end of quarantine for these is February 24, the state health department said.

The outbreak, which began in October, has been centered in the northwest part of the state, which includes Greenville and Spartanburg, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

Of those infected, 760 were unvaccinated, 15 were partially vaccinated with one of the recommended two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, 20 were fully vaccinated and 52 had unknown vaccination status.

Posted by: Jackson K. at February 01, 2026 11:12 PM (xl8DV)

227 97 Conjoined twins Valeria and Camila are the latest AI influencers to go viral
There's a sucker born every minute.
Posted by: Barnum at February 01, 2026 10:27 PM (0Htd1)

The ultra rare menages a quois?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 01, 2026 11:12 PM (w/O5Q)

228 OSIA >>>> OSHA

Posted by: Bulg at February 01, 2026 11:12 PM (77rzZ)

229 Yoko has won two Grammy Awards. And deservedly so.

Posted by: Fan Boy at February 01, 2026 11:13 PM (oftw2)

230 Florida woman - the best friend i havent met yet

Posted by: LASue at February 01, 2026 11:15 PM (Du1U/)

231
I was just watching an AI video of Nick Shirley running away from Somalis riding fat white Karens with green hair and nose rings.

SpaceX seeks go-ahead from the FCC to put up to a million data center satellites in orbit

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 11:15 PM (Cqx++)

232 Did Howard in Alberta say where that pic was taken? I'd have to go about 30 miles West to see the Rockies like that. They are just below the horizon for me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 11:09 PM (8zz6B)

Maybe he's lurking and will chime in. If not, I will ask him.

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 11:15 PM (QMAsf)

233 Of those infected, 760 were unvaccinated, 15 were partially vaccinated with one of the recommended two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, 20 were fully vaccinated and 52 had unknown vaccination status.
Posted by: Jackson K.
±±±±±

Lock Down!
Lock Down!

The only way to avoid mass death is for the healthy to be forced to stay home!

/

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 11:16 PM (/lPRQ)

234 Sorry Doof, I was just watching an AI video of Nick Shirley running away from Somalis riding fat white Karens with green hair and nose rings. Absolute cinema, as the kids say.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 01, 2026 11:11 PM (wItF4)

Expections certainly exist!

Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 11:17 PM (QMAsf)

235 I began to notice how irrelevant the Grammys were becoming around the same time the fashions began to go wild. After they gave Rickie Lee Jones a Grammy in 1980, and she got up on stage either drunk or high, I stopped paying attention to what they considered "excellence."

And as much as I love Martina McBride generally, a song about a woman who kills herself and her husband, however abusive he may be, and leaves her daughter orphaned, is hardly to be applauded, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wzUl9)

236 OSIA was pretty short-lived, though. Almost tried to get a job there. Could have been amusing.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2026 11:18 PM (U/Byj)

237 Maybe he's lurking and will chime in. If not, I will ask him.
Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 11:15 PM (QMAsf)

That line of brush looks like a caragana hedge. Commonly planted all over Alberta and Saskatchewan as a windbreak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)

238 They say 11 Fahrenheit here tonight.

It has never ever been that cold here in Sakkliner

I want some of that Global Warmening RIGHT NOW

You know it's cold when Darleen wants me to keep HER warm

Posted by: Miklos did not deserve this, and was apparently lied to at February 01, 2026 11:18 PM (AP7fj)

239 SpaceX seeks go-ahead from the FCC to put up to a million data center satellites in orbit
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Something
Something
...
...
Magic!
...
...

Profit !!!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 11:19 PM (/lPRQ)

240 236 Fellow Russian linguist?

Posted by: Bulg at February 01, 2026 11:19 PM (77rzZ)

241 The top photo reminds me that God creates beautiful work.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 01, 2026 11:19 PM (S/Y4j)

242 229 Yoko has won two Grammy Awards. And deservedly so.
Posted by: Fan Boy

Lifetime achievement award for annoying Ed Driscoll.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 01, 2026 11:19 PM (gKWVE)

243 I think . . . The recent Epstein files release was engineered by Acme Corporation specifically for Coyotes.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 11:19 PM (rbvCR)

244 Doof, tell us more about expections, please.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 01, 2026 11:20 PM (47diA)

245 Am I the only one who sometimes says, aloud, "What am I thinking about?"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 01, 2026 11:20 PM (S/Y4j)

246 That line of brush looks like a caragana hedge. Commonly planted all over Alberta and Saskatchewan as a windbreak.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It's bocage to improve defense from the US invasion

Posted by: Miklos read all about D-Day and stuff at February 01, 2026 11:20 PM (AP7fj)

247
It's the full Moon tonight. And it's the Snow Moon, which is appropriate here. It got a little warmer than expected today -- I got to 41F -- and it melted (and sublimed) away pretty good.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

248 Mmm Martina McBride. Not generally into the country thing, but she can sing. I actually was at her studio in the earlier 2000's. Good lord the place was incredible. Looked like a frigging dentist office from the outside, but inside it was off the charts. No expense spared whatsoever. There was a full kitchen that was nicer than what was in most people's houses. Candy dishes on the counter with good candy, coffee machines, etc. The vocal room had a ceiling that could be raised or lowered to alter the acoustics. Solid core cable, no stranded wire cables anywhere. 100's of feet of various cables in the stock room and not a stranded wire cable in the building. there were these huge tall shutter looking things lining the walls of the main recording room. Swing them one way its hardwood, swing them the other way and they were padded. All to change the acoustics in the room. each one cost an obscene amount. I think I calculated it to be over 120K just for those. The place was just amazing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2026 11:21 PM (snZF9)

249 Grammy awards - is it odd that fashion looks should be a thing for an award for audio?

Grammy awards should be for grandmothers. Best candy bowl, best violation of parent's idea of bedtime, …

Posted by: mindful webworker - best bedtime story reading at February 01, 2026 11:22 PM (j02Vi)

250 Doof, tell us more about expections, please.
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 01, 2026 11:20 PM (47diA)

Charles Dickens wrote "Great Expectorations" during the bronchitis epidemic of 1873.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 11:22 PM (8zz6B)

251 240 236 Fellow Russian linguist?
Posted by: Bulg

Mozset buich

Posted by: Miklosov in Latinov alphabetov at February 01, 2026 11:22 PM (AP7fj)

252 > That line of brush looks like a caragana hedge. Commonly planted all over Alberta and Saskatchewan as a windbreak.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)

Pretty popular here, too, although they generally go under the name "Siberian Pea" in these parts.

Ever been near one when the pods start to audibly crack open and spray seeds?

Supposedly you can put something like a bed sheet under one and collect enough to eat, but I don't know anyone who's ever done it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 01, 2026 11:23 PM (IG3/x)

253
We've had no snow here in Wyoming.

Please send us your snow.

Posted by: four seasons at February 01, 2026 11:24 PM (3ek7K)

254 Yeah, JD got his oceans mixed up. And I think the passengers were supposed to be from different walks of life. That way they brought different perspectives to whatever trouble they were facing.

Posted by: Case at February 01, 2026 11:24 PM (E7+ue)

Gun Thread: First February Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the First February Edition? Show of hands - who is already sick of winter? I know that I am. I do not think we have been above freezing here for two weeks, and it's becoming annoying.

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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FUNdamentals

So what are you doing fundamentals-wise to keep in practice? Going to an indoor range? Practicing dry fire at home? Skills are perishable, so it's probably a good idea to do something during the off season. Please let us know how you're staying sharp in the comments.

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$700 vs. $2,000 AR

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CMP - Philippine Return Garands

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44 Magnum

Six rounds in 1 second with our pal 'Jer'!

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Whoopsie-Doodle!

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Ax Weasel

Q: Weasel, what is life like on a modern farm?
A: See below

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Our Pal Frequency Modulation

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FSJ and Gertie Protest Winter

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: Desert Town

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War Between The Planets!

Holy Crap!

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Cigar of the Week

020126 Rhomb La Palina Red Label 1 scaled.jpg

This week our pal rhomboid scores again with this excellent review of the La Palina Red Label

A "cedar" note is one of the most common flavor elements described for premium cigars. With good reason, it's a feature of many. But like most flavor notes, it usually eludes me. Finally I came across a stick where the cedar is clear and predominant. The La Palina Red Label is a nice looking medium brown cigar with an Ecuadorean sun grown wrapper around Nicaragua and Dominican fillers. Draw on these toros I smoked was perfect. Body was definitely medium, very smooth. Lots of smoke, burn line didn't require constant management.
Cedar predominated throughout for me. Many reviewers find nuttiness and spice as well - I'd say subtle elements of those probably added to the overall flavor at various points. A nice thing about the Red Label is the cost. Definitely a good value proposition, with this quality. These toros can be found online for $4.50 and up, just above a bundle style price but well below most cigar prices these days, which seem finally to have jumped a bit after holding fairly steady through our recent, ruinous Inflation-o-rama.

Excellent, rhomboid! Thank you!

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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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Palmetto State Armory
Georgia Arms
AmmoMan
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Lucky Gunner Ammo NEW!

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Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!

That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM

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1 First?????

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:00 PM (ldgW6)

2 bang

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 07:00 PM (LHPAg)

3 Congrats Scoob!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at February 01, 2026 07:00 PM (v23vE)

4 Gubs!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

5 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

6 FSJ and Gertie Protest Winter

Awww.....

My sister's cats protest the same way.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 07:03 PM (Wnv9h)

7 Good Sunday evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and a special Good Dog Dad Award and greeting to our host Weasel. FSJ and Gertie look so comfy in the Cozy Caves, I would just curl up between them, even knowing they'd eviscerate me in seconds for having done so.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at February 01, 2026 07:03 PM (v23vE)

8 Hello, Weasel! No range time this week. Spent a lot of time chipping my way through the ice on my driveway.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 07:04 PM (BCwQW)

9 How is Our Friend Cesium doing?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 07:05 PM (0sNs1)

10 Rhomboid,
Great review. I'm making my order now!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 07:06 PM (2WIwB)

11 My indoor range is down for major maintenance, and of course it is behind schedule.

It is just too damned cold to shoot for long at my outdoor range. 20 minutes and I am done!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 07:06 PM (n9ltV)

12 FSG and Gertie are reading my mind, and it's not even snowing here.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 07:06 PM (2WIwB)

13 Ok, no range report.
I received the new rings that were suggested by Farrell along with the base they said would fit on my rifle.
So since my car is still plowed in a week after the storm I went to install everything to mount the scope to find..........it does not work. The scope still cannot be mounted as the objective bell hits the top of the rifle before it can be seated in the rings.
And the base cannot be attached to my rifle.

So I am glad I purchased back up rings that were made by NightForce. With those I was able to mount the scope.
I will take some pics and send them into Weasel so you can see the finished product.
I am still waiting to get the magazines from the gun store. The mags that came with the rifle hold 10 rounds. NYC has set a limit of only 5 rounds for a rifle, even a bolt action. So I have to wait for the magazines to be pinned to only hold 5 rounds.

Of course, once the snow clears and the weather improves I will take the rifle to the range to zero the scope.

Can't wait to take it up to NH to see how well it shoots.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:09 PM (ldgW6)

14 My chiweenie puppy can relate to FSJ and Gertie. Though she must have some retriever in there somewhere. I never had a pup hat was so obsessed with go fetch

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2026 07:09 PM (GTqXr)

15 Hi weasel! Thanks for the thread!

Took the Walther PPQ out yesterday. I love that pistol. The trigger is butter. Shot very well. Focused on sight alignment and trigger pull and I put a lot of rounds through the same hole.

MAE brought a single shot rifle in .556. So fun.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 07:09 PM (IhIKR)

16 Rhomboid,
Great review. I'm making my order now!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 07:06 PM (2WIwB)

==

Better hurry! Only one box of Gordos left at Pipes and Cigars!

Posted by: mrp at February 01, 2026 07:10 PM (rj6Yv)

17 Howdy! 🐱

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at February 01, 2026 07:11 PM (sAmhv)

18 Damn, FSJ and Gertie look damn comfortable. I am jealous.
Time to look up human sized cozy caves. :-)

Or finally make the decision and move somewhere warmer!!!!!
Will know better near the end of February.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:12 PM (ldgW6)

19 11 It is just too damned cold to shoot for long at my outdoor range. 20 minutes and I am done!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 07:06 PM

Right!?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:13 PM (ldgW6)

20 Dry fire practice? There went the secret. Oh well.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 01, 2026 07:14 PM (YlWIZ)

21 I am really tempted by all the hype I am seeing for 7mm PRC. Caliber Creep is real but it seems like the cartridge of the future.

Or the next couple of years at least.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 07:15 PM (Rmwng)

22 15 minutes in and I had to call the otters.

Posted by: clarence at February 01, 2026 07:18 PM (6L3LN)

23 On a whim I just checked the price of cartridges in 7 PRC. I will wait a bit longer.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 07:20 PM (Rmwng)

24 Sic FSJ and Gertie on the groundhog!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Cqx++)

25 Oh, dear. One month into 2026, I’m late and my PR takes a hit.

Posted by: RI Red at February 01, 2026 07:21 PM (UqAH7)

26 Took the Walther PPQ out yesterday. I love that pistol. The trigger is butter. Shot very well. Focused on sight alignment and trigger pull and I put a lot of rounds through the same hole.

MAE brought a single shot rifle in .556. So fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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May or may not know this,

Was digging up some other information on Walthers and found out that the P99 and the PPQ actually share some parts like sights, etc. PPQ was developed from the earlier P99 as a sporting pistol versus a service pistol.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:23 PM (2swu2)

27 24 Sic FSJ and Gertie on the groundhog!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 07:21 PM

NO!!!!!! that will chase him back into his hole and give us 6 more weeks of winter!!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:23 PM (ldgW6)

28 Oh, dear, I’m here.
Late.
And my 2026 PR takes a hit.

Posted by: RI Red at February 01, 2026 07:23 PM (nNjWE)

29 All y’all thinking about moving South,

It was warmer in Seattle than most of Florida today.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 07:23 PM (IhIKR)

30 New design for safe revolver dry firing. Safesnap is a plastic disk that goes between the back of the cylinder and the cylinder shroud at the back of the revolver. Designed for dry firing without having to have snap caps. (Those are still useful for practicing reloads) which the Safesnap is only designed for dry firing protection of the firing pin. Cheap enough.

https://zetasix.com/product/safesnap-6/

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:26 PM (2swu2)

31 29 It was warmer in Seattle than most of Florida today.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 07:23 PM

One day out how many?
Nah, will retire down to my home State which has a sane government and more bikini clad bods.

And better gun laws. :-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:28 PM (ldgW6)

32 And my comment went into self-regeneration.

Posted by: RI Red at February 01, 2026 07:28 PM (nNjWE)

33 32 And my comment went into self-regeneration.

Posted by: RI Red at February 01, 2026 07:28 PM

I think your PR is ok.

15 minutes in and people were still posting on the food thread.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:29 PM (ldgW6)

34 On AR-15s, if they don't come with it, I swap out the pistol grip for one made by Magpul that has a storage compartment built in. Then I get a Magpul oil bottle that is made to fit into the grip, fill the bottle with CLP, put it in the grip, and forget about it until I need it.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 07:29 PM (BSxnY)

35 Thank you for the gub thread, Weasel - always a great read!

Posted by: 496 at February 01, 2026 07:29 PM (t+VLa)

36 23 On a whim I just checked the price of cartridges in 7 PRC. I will wait a bit longer.
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Specialty cartridge prices are always high which is why, in part, we have so many of them. Better margin for the ammo makers and a new cartridge always creates some demand for a new rifle to shoot it in.

That dynamic is why I quit subscribing to gun mags as I got tired of the emphasis on new cartridges and firearms and much less on training and fundamentals (and reloading).

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:31 PM (2swu2)

37 34 On AR-15s, if they don't come with it, I swap out the pistol grip for one made by Magpul that has a storage compartment built in. Then I get a Magpul oil bottle that is made to fit into the grip, fill the bottle with CLP, put it in the grip, and forget about it until I need it.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 07:29 PM (BSxnY)
BoreSnake.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 07:31 PM (LHPAg)

38 15 minutes in and people were still posting on the food thread.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
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I fix dinner during the food thread so only rarely participate on that thread.

Pork Masala, Focaccia, mixed green salad with balsamic vinagrette, and scalloped potatoes tonight.

Wife had to help with prep as my hand strength has waned.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:34 PM (2swu2)

39 Specialty cartridge prices are always high which is why, in part, we have so many of them. Better margin for the ammo makers and a new cartridge always creates some demand for a new rifle to shoot it in.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:31 PM (2swu2)

You're talking about me, aren't you?

Posted by: .30 Super Carry at February 01, 2026 07:34 PM (v23vE)

40 Thanks Diogenes. I have sampled a lot of La Palina’s line and found nothing bad, several good ones. Really a budget-friendly line overall, so value proposition is good.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2026 07:35 PM (L+MB1)

41 It was warmer in Seattle than most of Florida today.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 07:23 PM (IhIKR)

Little known weather fact Seattle is typically warmer and drier than Florida in the winter months.

Posted by: Seattle Realtor at February 01, 2026 07:35 PM (Rmwng)

42 Top30?
Went out for end of season muzzle loader yesterday. 9 degrees, hard crust snow (no sneaking)

So, sat out and watched the sun come up over the icy fields

Had a ballistic unload and the gun went bang on command and I hit the leaf I was aiming for so…

Have a great week, GunHorde and thank you Weasel for great content and a great community

Posted by: Coelacanth at February 01, 2026 07:36 PM (DJPFk)

43 Seattle has its other falts

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

44 BoreSnake.
Posted by: Eromero

I use those on pistols or shotties but not rifles anymore, Otis Technologies ripcord is a rubber coated steel cable with a cleaning section is why.

A boresnake cleaning portion (the area with bristles) is a PITA to remove if the cord breaks in a rifled barrel.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:38 PM (2swu2)

45 Specialty cartridge prices are always high which is why, in part, we have so many of them. Better margin for the ammo makers and a new cartridge always creates some demand for a new rifle to shoot it in.
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:31 PM (2swu2)

I tried to limit my logistics chain to 5.56mm NATO for a long time, but I've started to slip in the last few years. I added .300 Blackout a couple of years ago and more recently, 7.62mm NATO/.308. Shiny new toys proved too tempting, unfortunately.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 07:39 PM (BCwQW)

46 it has been a crazy winter for weather. the farm community around here gets pretty cranky when we don't have snow early but not too early, and that sticks around to cover the winter wheat. This year's crop is apparently a near total loss.

55 degrees here today in Northern Wyoming. About 25-30 degrees above average. Funny that no one in the national media has mentioned globull warming.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 07:41 PM (Rmwng)

47 We are supposed to have a day (Friday, I think) at 40 next week. Looking forward to it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)

48 You're talking about me, aren't you?
Posted by: .30 Super Carry
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Good example. The other is a 327 Magnum.

A downloaded 9mm has about the same recoil as a 30 Super Carry, and the 327 Magnum has most of the recoil and noise of a 357 without the cheaper ammo (and easy to load 357 down as well).

If there was a lever action widely available for 327 Magnum, that would be a useful replacement for the old 32-40 rifle rounds. And the 327 should do fine in longer barrels for hunting. Yet, most of the revolvers sold in 327 magnum were short barrels which wastes much of the goodness of a magnum in the first place.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:42 PM (2swu2)

49 Good evening gub threaders and all the ships at sea!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at February 01, 2026 07:43 PM (NlEaG)

50 Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:38 PM (2swu2)

+1 on the Otis ripcord. I used one during my Afghanistan deployment in 2011-12. I thought it did better than the old school GI cleaning rods. The Otis ripcord is lighter, easier to pack away, and won't get bent out of shape.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 07:44 PM (BCwQW)

51 Another beautiful 80 degree day, pool was great, inching back to my old minimum (2,000 yds).

Finishing a Alec&Bradley Kintsugi on the porch.

Alas prosperity doth best discover vice, as Francis Bacon noted, so haven’t been to the range since duty day. However did load up 100 rounds of M1 food, and fixiin’ to do a bit of 30 carbine and then a crap ton of 9mikemike.

And no relief in sight. Cold snap tomorrow down to 72 but back to the 80s thereafter..

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2026 07:45 PM (L+MB1)

52 I agree with Gertie and FSJ about this winter. My favorite sweater is getting a good workout the last two months.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 07:45 PM (yTvNw)

53 42 Posted by: Coelacanth at February 01, 2026 07:36 PM

I can imagine how much fun muzzle loaders can be.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:46 PM (ldgW6)

54 I tried to limit my logistics chain to 5.56mm NATO for a long time, but I've started to slip in the last few years. I added .300 Blackout a couple of years ago and more recently, 7.62mm NATO/.308. Shiny new toys proved too tempting, unfortunately.
Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 07:39 PM (BCwQW)

I feel your pain.

The fight against caliber creep is a losing battle.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at February 01, 2026 07:47 PM (NlEaG)

55 51 And no relief in sight. Cold snap tomorrow down to 72 but back to the 80s thereafter..

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2026 07:45 PM

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 07:49 PM (ldgW6)

56 Well don't be stingy, send warmer weather east. See nothing for next week here

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

57 I tried to limit my logistics chain to 5.56mm NATO for a long time, but I've started to slip in the last few years. I added .300 Blackout a couple of years ago and more recently, 7.62mm NATO/.308. Shiny new toys proved too tempting, unfortunately.
Posted by: Ed L
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I resolutely avoided the 300 Blackout as it is a good short range cartridge. Sort of like an upgraded 30 Carbine with a better bullet and AR frame.

But I already have the 6.8 SPC and 6.5 Grendel in uppers.

And most importantly, I reloaded for pretty large number of cartridges and you start to worry about some cartridges like the 300 Blackout being able to be chambered in a 5.56 and doing a rapid disassembly.

So, I buy only cartridges that cannot unsafely be chambered in a rifle chambered for another cartridge. If you dig around on the internets, there is actually a list floating around of beware these particular cartridges and chambers. The classic example is the 38 Super and the 38 ACP. But others exist, some are not that dangerous but embarrassing, (40 S&W in a 45 ACP for example).

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:51 PM (2swu2)

58 I usually shoot year-round. It’s been so cold that I think my round count in January was 3 rounds of .45 ACP.
I has sadz.

Posted by: RI Red at February 01, 2026 07:51 PM (nNjWE)

59 The annoying and amazing thing about Jerry Michulek isn't his speed. It's his speed and accuracy.

I tried moving my index finger to match his while watching the video. Even without recoil, I can't keep up. Not a surprise.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 07:52 PM (yTvNw)

60 +1 on the Otis ripcord. I used one during my Afghanistan deployment in 2011-12. I thought it did better than the old school GI cleaning rods. The Otis ripcord is lighter, easier to pack away, and won't get bent out of shape.
Posted by: Ed L
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Otis makes damn good stuff, I have never had an Otis component fail. Can't say the same for other gun cleaning tools.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:52 PM (2swu2)

61 Driving through NC stopped at a gas station and on the parking bollards they had advertising posters. I saw an ad for rum cake. Oooh - rum cake!

I looked more closely - the rum cake was a flavor for a cigar!

That should be a good cigar, right?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at February 01, 2026 07:53 PM (NlEaG)

62 58 I usually shoot year-round. It’s been so cold that I think my round count in January was 3 rounds of .45 ACP.
I has sadz.
Posted by: RI Red
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Sorry, wish y'all get a warmup soon.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:53 PM (2swu2)

63 Tonight's Highway Patrol was deeper than the usual shoot-em-up action. Matthews/Broderick Crawford had to walk away knowing that he'd done his job, but wondering if he'd done the right thing.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at February 01, 2026 07:53 PM (v23vE)

64 Here is the SAAMI list of unsafe firearm and cartridge combinations. The cartridges listed will chamber in a firearm not designed to fire that particular cartridge with unpredictable results including blowups, out of battery firing, etc.

http://www.saami.org/Unsafe_Combinations.cfm

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:57 PM (2swu2)

65 I usually shoot year-round. It’s been so cold that I think my round count in January was 3 rounds of .45 ACP.
I has sadz.
Posted by: RI Red at February 01, 2026 07:51 PM

I hear ya. I have yet to rezero the .308 with the new scope.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 07:57 PM (Wnv9h)

66 I got a Tatiana Classic sampler a while ago. Flavored lanceros.

The chocolate flavor smells like Tootsie rolls, and tastes like peppermint and burnt marshmallow.

And also Tootsie rolls.

It was a fine cigar if you're into that kind of thing.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 01, 2026 07:57 PM (C0Nlv)

67 I resolutely avoided the 300 Blackout as it is a good short range cartridge.

Ruger has a Mini-14 with a folding stock in 300 BO. Seems like that would be a good candidate for a double-stamp build. Shorten it to 10 or 11 inches and add a supressor. You might have to monkey with the gas system a bit.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 07:58 PM (Fs0KI)

68 Only cold shooting I have done was when I took a day off winter sports in the Sierras and shot my Mosins at the very nice Washoe County range north of Reno. Steel gongs. Snow covered hills, cold ((RSO has heated booth! from which be rules the range). Mosins fell at home, though the gongs were a lame substitute for kraut invaders.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 01, 2026 07:58 PM (L+MB1)

69 I've really been enjoying the CAO Brazilia Gol recently.

Seems like a slow night. As long as everyone is nice to one another, go ahead and consider this an open thread. I was wide awake at 2am so I may hit the sack before too long.

Thanks everyone!

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 08:00 PM (vt7xw)

70 Ruger has a Mini-14 with a folding stock in 300 BO. Seems like that would be a good candidate for a double-stamp build. Shorten it to 10 or 11 inches and add a supressor. You might have to monkey with the gas system a bit.
Posted by: Oddbob

IMHO, the main reasons to get a 300 BO are if you want to fire suppressed using subsonic ammo for maximum quietness and/or you want a very short barrel as the 300 BO can function with as little as 8 or so inch barrels.

The 6.5 Grendel, 5.56, 7.62x39, or the 6.8 SPC require a little longer barrels for good function and minimum blast.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:02 PM (2swu2)

71 69 Thanks everyone!

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 08:00 PM

Thank YOU Weasel!!!!
Get some rest.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 01, 2026 08:02 PM (ldgW6)

72 Good night Weasel. Sleep tight.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:03 PM (2swu2)

73 IMHO, the main reasons to get a 300 BO are if you want to fire suppressed using subsonic ammo for maximum quietness...

If I'm being honest, the real reason I want to do it is that it's the kind of gun that would make Diane Feinstein sh*t her pants.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 08:05 PM (Fs0KI)

74 Sent youngest daughter to the range on Wednesday with 100 rounds of .22 lr. She gave me back zero rounds of ammo.

She was also quite proud to show me her paper - which was absolutely shredded in the center mass target zones.

I may have reached the point where I will have my wife and daughter shoot the weapons in a SHTF situation, while I am only in charge of re-loading, clearing jams, and carrying heavy objects.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 01, 2026 08:06 PM (HlyYF)

75 I resolutely avoided the 300 Blackout as it is a good short range cartridge. Sort of like an upgraded 30 Carbine with a better bullet and AR frame.
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:51 PM (2swu2)

I picked up .300 Blackout because I had an opportunity to pick up a B&T SPR 300 Pro, an integrally suppressed bolt action rifle for use out to about 200 meters max. The DMV MGC members who've had some trigger time on the rifle will say that B&T isn't kidding when they say it's one of the quietest suppressed centerfire rifles available. But all that doesn't change the fact that caliber creep was one of the downsides of that purchase.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:06 PM (BCwQW)

76 If you dig around on the internets, there is actually a list floating around of beware these particular cartridges and chambers. The classic example is the 38 Super and the 38 ACP. But others exist, some are not that dangerous but embarrassing, (40 S&W in a 45 ACP for example).
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 07:51 PM (2swu2)

And sometimes the manufacturers step on their own... I mean, foul up. Several years ago, Federal give us the 9mm Federal, basically a rimmed 9mm Luger. Purpose was to give 9mm ballistics in a revolver, without having to fiddle with moon clips or bizarre extractor systems. Then somebody realized this high pressure round would easily fit into antique .38 top break revolvers.

When the .30 Super Carry was announced, the first thing I checked was would it fit into 7.65 French Long autoloaders. I think it is just a little too fat to chamber.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 08:07 PM (BSxnY)

77 I looked more closely - the rum cake was a flavor for a cigar!

That should be a good cigar, right?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at February 01, 2026 07:53 PM

Did Swisher Sweets ever dabble in rum cake?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 01, 2026 08:07 PM (HlyYF)

78 If I'm being honest, the real reason I want to do it is that it's the kind of gun that would make Diane Feinstein sh*t her pants.
Posted by: Oddbob
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It's why I built several alternate cartridge ARs at the end of the Obammy years, just because I could. I built an AR-10 for myself. Now can't fire any of them for awhile due to deteriorating back and impending surgery to fix up that. Probably a year after that before I can shoot moderate recoiling firearms again.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:09 PM (2swu2)

79 Did Swisher Sweets ever dabble in rum cake?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

I think they mostly go for fruit flavors these days

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 01, 2026 08:09 PM (C0Nlv)

80 Thanks, and goodnight, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:09 PM (BCwQW)

81 Evening Weasel,and Gun Thread patrons. No gun stuff to report, but i did get an auction flyer for an auction later this onth in Payson, that features quite large number of vintage firearms, including some top break revolvers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 08:10 PM (8zz6B)

82 I haven't had a pistol in the house in years. I'm thinking about a compact semi-auto - Walther PPK .32 ACP. Thoughts from the horde?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2026 08:12 PM (GTqXr)

83 Whelp, the Old Dominion is rapidly becoming the People's Republic of Virginia under Spamburger and the completely captured Legislature. They are hell bent on passing every anti-gun law that has ever been conceived, and probably some nobody ever thought of before. Add to that the fact that there is six inches of solid ice as far as the eye can see, and I think it's finally time to CSMO and head to Sarasota.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at February 01, 2026 08:12 PM (NjvUd)

84 When the .30 Super Carry was announced, the first thing I checked was would it fit into 7.65 French Long autoloaders. I think it is just a little too fat to chamber.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

And yet people around the US mainly persist in pounding a square cartridge into a round chamber.

I had a good friend who is a gunsmith out of a family of gunsmiths and their tales will scare the hell out of you that these idiots are out there walking around with firearms without a care. They don't seem to understand that they can be lethal to everyone around them when departing from what is safe. Hold my beer and watch this!!! attitudes and firearms do not mix.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:13 PM (2swu2)

85 Thanks Weasel, stay warm!

Lately, I have found that a Chihuahua on the chest significantly decreases the heat flow from my body to a chilly house.

The dog has also solved the heat flow equation with the same final answer.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 01, 2026 08:14 PM (HlyYF)

86 Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 08:07 PM (BSxnY)

When S&W introduced .357 Magnum in 1935, they lengthened the case by 0.1 inch to prevent it from going into revolvers chambered for .38 Special. But they forgot about the still fairly numerous Colt New Army revolvers chambered in .38 Long Colt. The straight wall cylinder chambers in the Colt New Army revolver have no problem chambering .357 Magnum. I've tested this myself on a Colt New Army (using snap caps, obviously). Modern loadings would almost certainly blow up the Colt New Army in your face if you tried it with live .357 Magnums.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:15 PM (BCwQW)

87 I hear ya. I have yet to rezero the .308 with the new scope.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 07:57 PM (Wnv9h)

At our board meeting this week, we discussed closing the upper range to vehicle traffic this winter. One vehicle went into a ditch and took 3 hours to self-rescue.

Posted by: RI Red at February 01, 2026 08:15 PM (nNjWE)

88 >Lately, I have found that a Chihuahua on the chest significantly decreases the heat flow from my body to a chilly house.

The dog has also solved the heat flow equation with the same final answer.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 01, 2026 08:14 PM (HlyYF)

I am currently sandwiched between a chinweenie puppy on my left and a roaring fire on my right; glass of Scotch firmly in hand. Toasty and content.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2026 08:17 PM (GTqXr)

89 At our board meeting this week, we discussed closing the upper range to vehicle traffic this winter. One vehicle went into a ditch and took 3 hours to self-rescue.
Posted by: RI Red at February 01, 2026 08:15 PM

Yikes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 08:18 PM (Wnv9h)

90 I haven't had a pistol in the house in years. I'm thinking about a compact semi-auto - Walther PPK .32 ACP. Thoughts from the horde

Opinions are like... well you know. But since you asked...

Rules of Gunfighting:
Rule #1: Bring a gun. Check.
Rule #2: Bring enough gun. IMO, no check.

It's a small step up to a .380 (still marginal IMO but OK with careful ammo selection) and another small step to a sub-compact 9. My EDC for years was a Colt Mustang with Corbons. Now it's a Sig P290 with Hornadys.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 08:18 PM (Fs0KI)

91 Odd, I was thinking today on the drive in that having an entrenching shovel in the car trunk could come in handy.

Times like these I realize I am my Fathers son.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

92 82 I haven't had a pistol in the house in years. I'm thinking about a compact semi-auto - Walther PPK .32 ACP. Thoughts from the horde?
Posted by: Heavy Meta
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Better options out there unless you want to fire suppressed, then get one with a threaded barrel. The PPK/s works well with a suppressor as it is a fixed barrel. CDNN Sports has new ones including those with threaded barrels on sale.

But, the double action is a VERY heavy trigger, the sights aren't great, and it is a very old design. Had one in 380 and it was accurate at 7 yards. But better in a 32 ACP.

If you want a historical pistol, try locating the slightly bigger Walther PP in 32 ACP or the VZ 70 from the Czechoslovakia of the Cold War era.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:20 PM (2swu2)

93 Buddy of mine borrowed a 9mm from me and returned it messed up, telling me it "keeps jamming."

He was feeding .380 ACP through it. I'm surprised it fed/fired at all.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 08:21 PM (BI5O2)

94 And if you want a very small hidey hole 32 ACP. Keltec makes one that is probably one of the better designs in that cartridge and certainly one of the most modern. Runs a little over 200 bucks new and all Keltecs do pretty well on reliability and functionality. Just not looks.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:22 PM (2swu2)

95 I haven't had a pistol in the house in years. I'm thinking about a compact semi-auto - Walther PPK .32 ACP. Thoughts from the horde?
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2026 08:12 PM (GTqXr)

Get it NOW. Do not wait any longer! Walther ended production of all PP and PPK variants at the end of last year in order to retool their factory. .32 ACP is perfect for the PPK. It's got mild recoil, easy to control, and unlike .380 ACP versions, it doesn't beat up your hands when you shoot it. It's easily managed one handed. For a couple hundred more, you can get one of "SD" variants that come with a factory threaded barrel in 1/2 by 28. I have both the threaded and unthreaded versions. The unthreaded version is easier to use, but mount the threaded version with a suppressor and you'll get the cool, iconic "007 Special" in looks. Suppressed, the PPK is a ton of fun to shoot as a range toy.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:22 PM (BCwQW)

96 Scuba-Dude muzzleloaders are addictive. You can get a decent shooter pretty reasonably. IIRC you’re in a gun unfriendly location - other places you can mail order them. If you have the time and inclination, there are decent kits available.

You will get gear and accessories creep though. I went with a Hawken replica in .54. Lots of fun to shoot and quite accurate.

Posted by: Coelacanth at February 01, 2026 08:23 PM (vt7xw)

97 I've tested this myself on a Colt New Army (using snap caps, obviously). Modern loadings would almost certainly blow up the Colt New Army in your face if you tried it with live .357 Magnums.
Posted by: Ed L
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I'd imagine that someone, somewhere, probably did that with Grandpappy's pistol and blew it to smithereens. The only consolation might be that a blown up pistol at arms length is a helluva lot better than a shouldered rifle or shotgun receiver shredding right next to your face from an error.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:24 PM (2swu2)

98 Buddy of mine borrowed a 9mm from me and returned it messed up, telling me it "keeps jamming."

He was feeding .380 ACP through it. I'm surprised it fed/fired at all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Seen on the internets that 10mm can fire 40S&W as the strong extractor holds the shorter case in place.
On internet so must be true.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 08:28 PM (/lPRQ)

99 @horde - thanks for the feedback. Ideally, Mrs. Meta would be comfortable handling said pistol in a pinch. She is not a fan, but is coming around. Hence my leaning toward a compact pistol.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2026 08:29 PM (GTqXr)

100 I haven't had a pistol in the house in years. I'm thinking about a compact semi-auto - Walther PPK .32 ACP. Thoughts from the horde?
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2026 08:12 PM (GTqXr)

Forgot to add - What's gone out to the distributors is all there'll be for a while. If you want a PPK, you need to move out smartly, because the supply is drying up fast.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:29 PM (BCwQW)

101 These are the various PPs and PPK/s sold new at CDNN Sports right now. Several models already have threaded barrels ready for a suppressor.

https://tinyurl.com/CDNN-Sports-Walther-Sale

The PP is a slightly larger pistol than the PPK/s and the PPK/s is larger than the older PPK. They put a PP grip shank on a PPK slide and frame to make it pass the GCA of 1968 (the one that banned Saturday Night Specials from being imported). Smith and Wesson may have made some PPKs in the US but I am not sure about that.

PP has a longer barrel and longer grip than the PPK and only the longer barrel and slide compared to the PPK/s.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:29 PM (2swu2)

102 >PP has a longer barrel and longer grip than the PPK and only the longer barrel and slide compared to the PPK/s.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:29 PM (2swu2)

Yup - smart military blog indeed. Thanks whig.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2026 08:31 PM (GTqXr)

103 Seen on the internets that 10mm can fire 40S&W as the strong extractor holds the shorter case in place.
On internet so must be true.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

That one is documented. Easier though just to get a another barrel chambered in 40 S&W made for the 10mm pistol so you can shoot 40 S&W out of it if you want. Used to be fairly common for Glock 10mm owners to do that. Can't remember how the mags feed though.

The frame of a 10 mm is overbuilt for the 40 S&W but that is okay.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:32 PM (2swu2)

104 @horde - thanks for the feedback. Ideally, Mrs. Meta would be comfortable handling said pistol in a pinch. She is not a fan, but is coming around. Hence my leaning toward a compact pistol.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2026 08:29 PM (GTqXr)

If Sharon and Iris can shoot my PPK in .32 ACP one handed and hit the target at 10 yards, I'm pretty sure Mrs. Meta can too. If you've got the budget, you might want to see if you can get two PPKs - one in .22LR, the other in .32 ACP. That way, you can plink w/ the .22LR.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:33 PM (BCwQW)

105 I also knew a guy who wrecked a 10ga, when it turned out the old barrel on the gun couldn't take steel shot, and breached, lucky he didn't lose an eye.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 08:33 PM (BI5O2)

106 Yup - smart military blog indeed. Thanks whig.
Posted by: Heavy Meta
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You are welcome. The PPK comes from German words Polizeipistole Kriminal. The PPK was designed for detectives while the PP was a police service weapon Polizeipistole without the additional word attached.

First really successful DA/SA design and innovative for its time and for spawning the later P38 German Service pistol.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:35 PM (2swu2)

107 Howdy doo, people of the pew pew.

Found this funny from somewhere this week:
5 Things I learned at the RANGE with my lighter friends
Facebook vid 4:50
https://bit.ly/4tkb0KD

Unrelated and off-topic, I just found this
Meta, YouTube ON TRIAL over social media addiction claims - Fox News
in my extensive YouTube subscriptions (oh, da irony)

Posted by: mindful webworker - I can quit anytime at February 01, 2026 08:36 PM (j02Vi)

108 98 Buddy of mine borrowed a 9mm from me and returned it messed up, telling me it "keeps jamming."

He was feeding .380 ACP through it. I'm surprised it fed/fired at all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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It will fire in an emergency but you get a failure to extract and eject as the design of the cartridge extraction grooves are different.

Not advisable of course.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:37 PM (2swu2)

109 Gertie does not look amused!

Getting the spawn a Canik SFX Rival, a Turkish gun I've never heard of before. She is adding center fire to her repertoire. This is starting to get expensive. 😱

Posted by: lin-duh at February 01, 2026 08:37 PM (VCgbV)

110 Making a sound suppressor is as simple as attaching a 16oz water bottle to the end of your muzzle. The loudest thing you'll hear is the 'ping' of your firing pin. Your first shot may be slightly off target.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 08:38 PM (oT7pT)

111 110 Making a sound suppressor is as simple as attaching a 16oz water bottle to the end of your muzzle. The loudest thing you'll hear is the 'ping' of your firing pin. Your first shot may be slightly off target.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Not advisable to post NFA violations on the gub thread. I think you meant to say after you filled out your form for a self made suppressor and then waited until teh ATF approved it, then you tried this experiment.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:40 PM (2swu2)

112 109 Gertie does not look amused!

Getting the spawn a Canik SFX Rival, a Turkish gun I've never heard of before. She is adding center fire to her repertoire. This is starting to get expensive. 😱
Posted by: lin-duh
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Canik has developed a niche among competitive shooters and is well regarded.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:41 PM (2swu2)

113 FSJ and Gertie Protest Winter

Awww.....

My sister's cats protest the same way.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 07:03 PM

Even the pets are protesting ICE.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 08:42 PM (jc0TO)

114 Canik has developed a niche among competitive shooters and is well regarded.
Posted by: whig
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Good to know because she shoots competitively.

Posted by: lin-duh at February 01, 2026 08:42 PM (VCgbV)

115 Good to know because she shoots competitively.
Posted by: lin-duh
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Been following her adventures vicariously through your posts. You have to be very proud of her.

But Caniks are well build firearms that are very accurate and reliable. Magazines being a bit pricey is about all to critique them on but that is pretty common nowadays. I suspect gun manufacturers make up some of their profit margin by sales of mags and customization options rather than the base firearm.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:45 PM (2swu2)

116 Anybody heard from Hrothgar?

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 08:46 PM (LHPAg)

117 "83 Whelp, the Old Dominion is rapidly becoming the People's Republic of Virginia under Spamburger and the completely captured Legislature. They are hell bent on passing every anti-gun law that has ever been conceived, and probably some nobody ever thought of before. Add to that the fact that there is six inches of solid ice as far as the eye can see, and I think it's finally time to CSMO and head to Sarasota.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at February 01, 2026 08:12 PM (NjvUd)"

Those still in free states should take notes on what they may need to get in a hurry if the progs take the WH again.

We finally landed in red America after being stuck in a another state crashing and burning, so it is an odd experience to have snagged a lifetime's worth of armory before it was banned, then moving here and having it all in a place it is freely available.

Grandkids will have enough to take over a small third world nation, though.

Posted by: heya at February 01, 2026 08:46 PM (nH+RN)

118 116 Anybody heard from Hrothgar?
Posted by: Eromero
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I haven't seen him around lately, was he having some issues with weather and such?

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:46 PM (2swu2)

119 Making a sound suppressor is as simple as attaching a 16oz water bottle to the end of your muzzle. The loudest thing you'll hear is the 'ping' of your firing pin. Your first shot may be slightly off target.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 08:38 PM (oT7pT)

I hate to throw cold water on this, but 1) this is violation of the 1934 NFA in that you are making a suppressor w/o registering it w/ BATFE. Ten years at Leavenworth isn't something I'd dismiss lightly. 2) Despite what you see in the movies, this might not work w/ pistols that use the Browning tilting barrel mechanism (1911, High Power, Glocks, most SIGs, etc.). These pistols need a Nielson device in order to function. See the video from the United Health Care CEO getting assassinated for this in action. 3) If you're using a semi-auto pistol, the movement of the slide will still make audible noise. You'd need a locking device on your slide (a la the S&W Mk-22 "Hush Puppy" used by SEAL teams) to keep the slide in place or something like the WWII Welrod, which is a bolt action pistol.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:47 PM (BCwQW)

120 >>>Not advisable to post NFA violations on the gub thread. I think you meant to say after you filled out your form for a self made suppressor and then waited until teh ATF approved it, then you tried this experiment.

Posted by: whig

>Absolutely correct. We must abide all regulations.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 08:47 PM (oT7pT)

121 I noted that in the Hickok45 video, he immediately has trouble seating a fully loaded AR magazine into the rifle with a closed bolt. The full stack of cartridges plus the compressed magazine spring doesn't have enough "give" when pressed against the bottom of the bolt. Not a problem if you are on a range where the empty gun sits on the bench with the bolt open until you are given the command to lock and load. A possible problem if that is not the situation you find yourself in.

This is why I only load 28 rounds into my ready magazines. I figure if those 29th and 30th rounds are going to make that much difference, I probably bit off more than I can chew anyway.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 08:48 PM (BSxnY)

122 I think you meant to say after you filled out your form for a self made suppressor and then waited until teh ATF approved it

Saw somewhere the other day that somebody did a Form 1 for a potato and it was approved. His point of course was just to highlight how dumb the rules are.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 08:48 PM (Fs0KI)

123 Like a few handguns have the trigger module as the serial numbered component (and the of the pistol parts can be swapped out to yours content) I'd like to see a silencer where the serial number is on the bushing and everything else is mix and match at your convenience.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)

124 Hrothgar is stuck in the same frozen mess those of us in the DMV have been for the last week. Hopefully he's managed to get his driveway cleared by now.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:49 PM (BCwQW)

125 Saw somewhere the other day that somebody did a Form 1 for a potato and it was approved. His point of course was just to highlight how dumb the rules are.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Yep but when the consequences are so awful if you ignore the dumb regulations, it is best to turn square corners when dealing with the government.

I remember a lot of stupid things we had to do in the military but not doing them meant a Big Chicken Dinners if not time in the stockade.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:50 PM (2swu2)

126 I sort of doubt a 16 ounce plastic pop bottle would work as a suppressor, anyway, and no, I will not try to prove that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 08:52 PM (8zz6B)

127 Whig,
Luckily one of the team dad works for company that manufactures gun stuff so he has an FFL and can get discount off retail prices. Not a huge discount but enough to cover the sales tax plus the mags are about 30% off retail and it comes with 2 so we only needed 4 more.

Posted by: lin-duh at February 01, 2026 08:53 PM (VCgbV)

128 123 Like a few handguns have the trigger module as the serial numbered component (and the of the pistol parts can be swapped out to yours content) I'd like to see a silencer where the serial number is on the bushing and everything else is mix and match at your convenience.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

I want to say that someone recently introduced such a system for rifles. I get a lot of emails as ghosts of gunmags past that I scan through for new stuff.

Thundercan dot com has one such design. Look for interchangeable caliber suppressor.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:54 PM (2swu2)

129 118 116 Anybody heard from Hrothgar?
Posted by: Eromero
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I haven't seen him around lately, was he having some issues with weather and such?
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:46 PM (2swu2)
Thank you.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 08:54 PM (LHPAg)

130 Saw somewhere the other day that somebody did a Form 1 for a potato and it was approved. His point of course was just to highlight how dumb the rules are.
Posted by: Oddbob

While one can get perishables registered as silencers it is limited value.
And never mind spoilage before registration is approved it's probably good for one shot.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 08:54 PM (/lPRQ)

131 127 Whig,
Luckily one of the team dad works for company that manufactures gun stuff so he has an FFL and can get discount off retail prices. Not a huge discount but enough to cover the sales tax plus the mags are about 30% off retail and it comes with 2 so we only needed 4 more.
Posted by: lin-duh
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Glad to hear it. 30 percent off mags is a pretty darn good discount too.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:54 PM (2swu2)

132 This is why I only load 28 rounds into my ready magazines. I figure if those 29th and 30th rounds are going to make that much difference, I probably bit off more than I can chew anyway.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 08:48 PM (BSxnY)

This was definitely true w/ the older, 1980s vintage 30 round magazines for the M-16A1 going into Operation Desert Storm. Today's stand issue magazines from the likes of Magpul have addressed the problems with weak springs, magazine QC, and followers that dogged earlier generations of 30 round magazines that prevented all 30 rounds from being loaded.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 08:55 PM (BCwQW)

133 Huh. So thats why he had to manually cycle the rounds.

It seems odd that he would get the pistol, suppressor and not find this out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

134 132 This is why I only load 28 rounds into my ready magazines. I figure if those 29th and 30th rounds are going to make that much difference, I probably bit off more than I can chew anyway.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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I prefer 20 round mags which were actually the original design as I have never had an issue with them. Have a lot of 30s but easier to move around with a 20 or fire from a benchrest.

Use 10 round mags on the AR-10 for the same reason if firing from a benchrest.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:57 PM (2swu2)

135 133 Huh. So thats why he had to manually cycle the rounds.

It seems odd that he would get the pistol, suppressor and not find this out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Unfortunately one does not have to be particularly knowledgeable about firearm operation if you shoot someone in the back at close range. One shot can easily kill someone.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:59 PM (2swu2)

136 Be careful out there, breaking today.

"The FBI and Metro Police raided an illegal biological lab in Las Vegas on Saturday morning.

The bio lab in Vegas is possibly linked to another illegal lab under investigation in Fresno, California, where authorities found deadly viruses such as HIV, Covid and Ebola."

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:01 PM (2swu2)

137 Huh. So thats why he had to manually cycle the rounds.

It seems odd that he would get the pistol, suppressor and not find this out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

IIRC, he didn't get the suppressor by buying one and getting NFA paperwork on it. He improvised one and either forgot to include a Nielson device or accepted that he'd have to rack the slide for each shot. We'll have to wait for the trial for the details.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:01 PM (BCwQW)

138 Would it be difficult to cut down a 30-round Colt SMG mag to 20 rounds, for use in a 9 mm AR-15 style rifle?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 09:01 PM (8zz6B)

139 Unfortunately one does not have to be particularly knowledgeable about firearm operation if you shoot someone in the back at close range. One shot can easily kill someone.
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:59 PM (2swu2)

I get that, but I confess I have a problem eith his ethic. You've resolved to cancel this guy in public. Wouldn't you at least practice it so you do a good job and not look like a retard?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 09:02 PM (zZu0s)

140 I prefer 20 round mags which were actually the original design as I have never had an issue with them. Have a lot of 30s but easier to move around with a 20 or fire from a benchrest.

Use 10 round mags on the AR-10 for the same reason if firing from a benchrest.
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 08:57 PM (2swu2)

I actually use my old leftover 20 rounders from the Vietnam era more often when I take my AR's to the range than I do my 30 rounders for exactly this reason.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:04 PM (BCwQW)

141 Huh. So thats why he had to manually cycle the rounds.

It seems odd that he would get the pistol, suppressor and not find this out.

Non-gun-geeks tend to assume that everything will work the way it does in the movies.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 09:04 PM (Fs0KI)

142 WTF is wrong with TX?

Losing seats in districts Trump
Won by double digits?

Do better.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 09:04 PM (IhIKR)

143 138 Would it be difficult to cut down a 30-round Colt SMG mag to 20 rounds, for use in a 9 mm AR-15 style rifle?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Would be a pita as the feed lip geometry requires just so folding for reliable feeding and the followers also have to have just the right design.

Cheaper just to buy the AR-9mm mags which are around out there.

One of those you could but probably shouldn't given the time, expense, and a question of reliability. Magazines are usually the first thing to suspect if a semi auto starts screwing up on feeding.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:06 PM (2swu2)

144 Wouldn't you at least practice it so you do a good job and not look like a retard?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 09:02 PM (zZu0s)

IIRC, isn't he from a state that doesn't allow you to have NFA toys (MD or NJ)? He couldn't take it to a range and practice with it if that was the case.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:06 PM (BCwQW)

145 The FBI and Metro Police raided an illegal biological lab in Las Vegas on Saturday morning.

The bio lab in Vegas is possibly linked to another illegal lab under investigation in Fresno, California, where authorities found deadly viruses such as HIV, Covid and Ebola."
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:01 PM (2swu2)

Ohferpetessakes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 09:06 PM (BI5O2)

146 I actually use my old leftover 20 rounders from the Vietnam era more often when I take my AR's to the range than I do my 30 rounders for exactly this reason.

I like the 20s for shooting from prone or the bench. Since my first AR was intended for across-the-course high power matches, I have a box full of 20 rounders -- both USGI surplus and new manufacture -- and only a few 30s.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 09:08 PM (Fs0KI)

147 142 WTF is wrong with TX?

Losing seats in districts Trump
Won by double digits?

Do better.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Three candidates in the race, Dems are now running spoiler 'independent' candidates and a fake independent led to voter confusion in a low turnout special election. The Dem got about 46 percent of the vote and the fake indy and the GOP candidate got 54 percent combined.

But don't discount the lazy state GOPs that run dismal campaigns consisting of mailers, tv and radio ads, and those awful robocalls.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:08 PM (2swu2)

148 Would it be difficult to cut down a 30-round Colt SMG mag to 20 rounds, for use in a 9 mm AR-15 style rifle?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 09:01 PM (8zz6B)

You'd have to cut the magazine body and magazine spring just right, and still be able to reattach the magazine base and floorplate. The odds of mucking any one of these up seem really high unless you really know what you're doing.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:09 PM (BCwQW)

149 Would be a pita as the feed lip geometry requires just so folding for reliable feeding and the followers also have to have just the right design.

Cheaper just to buy the AR-9mm mags which are around out there.

One of those you could but probably shouldn't given the time, expense, and a question of reliability. Magazines are usually the first thing to suspect if a semi auto starts screwing up on feeding.
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:06 PM (2swu2)

Oh, I have 3 30-round mags, and they all work fine with the mag well adaptor, as long as I use 124 grain ammo. 115 often generates a FTE/FTF. Issue with 30-round mags is much too long for bench rest shooting. If I were to shorten one up, it would be from the sole plate end, obviously.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 09:09 PM (8zz6B)

150 It is interesting about how a discussion about sound suppression is off limits but killing is okay.

Self-defense is written into the annals of our history.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 09:12 PM (oT7pT)

151 WTF is wrong with TX?

Losing seats in districts Trump
Won by double digits?

It was a special election for a vacant state senate seat. The TX legislature won't even meet until after the next election where it is likely that Rs will retake the seat. Yes, Rs typically have crappy turnout for special elections and that's bad but it's not unique to TX.

Do better.

Says the person in Seattle.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 09:12 PM (Fs0KI)

152 Oh, I have 3 30-round mags, and they all work fine with the mag well adaptor, as long as I use 124 grain ammo. 115 often generates a FTE/FTF. Issue with 30-round mags is much too long for bench rest shooting. If I were to shorten one up, it would be from the sole plate end, obviously.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Then you should be fine if you are chopping one. Spring might be a little enthusiastic though so you might have to cut it down a bit.

I've messed around for parts of my life I want back due to mag feeding issues when I used to rebuild old milsurps and simply won't do it anymore.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:13 PM (2swu2)

153 Lame excuse.

Texas, really? Are you going blue? Because you’re lazy?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 09:13 PM (IhIKR)

154 Oh, I have 3 30-round mags, and they all work fine with the mag well adaptor, as long as I use 124 grain ammo. 115 often generates a FTE/FTF. Issue with 30-round mags is much too long for bench rest shooting. If I were to shorten one up, it would be from the sole plate end, obviously.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 09:09 PM (8zz6B)

IIRC, Colt designed their SMG to use 9mm loaded to NATO pressures (124 grain ammo). 115 grain ammo loaded to standard pressures (lower than NATO standard pressure) might not produce enough "oomph" to cycle the bolt completely.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:13 PM (BCwQW)

155 142 WTF is wrong with TX?

A: LIBs. LIBBing out, and carping for it -- they wan't your Cheesecake

https://www.tinyur.com/forWARd-WhenLIBsDisarm
RightWingExtremist -- why LIBs arm themselves and ceaselessly attack like angry hornets.

https://www.tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhenLIBsDisarm

Forget the Epstein files/open the Ghilsane files where where very first hand unusual closeness to Chelsea remains under-reported to this day. Why? ctHILLARY pimped her out, and it wasn't the first.

Second only to Huma's obsequious attachment to candidate ctHILLARY before her full apothoisis to demonhood in acceding to the Soros Fortune and Anti-US arsenal.

ctHILLARY should be worried, Greater Evil *ALWAYS* destroys its maker.

" I Wish There Could Be A National System To Alert Us "We Have Solved" The Problem That Is Trump" ctHILLARY, 2025

"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." -- ctHILLARY'04, preparing a special 13th day of Jeffmas for us all !!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 01, 2026 09:15 PM (guR9l)

156 Yes. I’m in Seattle. No one expects Seattle to go red. We keep going further into the hole.

I’ve never trumpeted Seattle to be red. We are reliably stupid. And getting stupider.

But y’all in Texas proclaim to be red. And holding red. And you’re not.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 09:15 PM (IhIKR)

157 To be fair, communism depends on laziness.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

158 I have plenty of ten, twenty, and thirty round AR-15 magazines, each type has its use.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 09:17 PM (BSxnY)

159 WTF is wrong with TX?

Losing seats in districts Trump
Won by double digits?

Do better.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 09:04 PM (IhIKR)

I think there was some bad jujo between Repub candidates thst led to this result. My understanding is that there will be another election for this seat in November. The TX legislature is not in session again until 2027, so this persyn has no say in the meantime.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 01, 2026 09:17 PM (lpTXP)

160 What excuse have you for Washington? Is it less "lame?"

Because I bet it's not.

I don't think there's some environmental pollutant that turned your state retarded, lady.

Is it just that you were too lazy to stop it?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 09:17 PM (BI5O2)

161 150 It is interesting about how a discussion about sound suppression is off limits but killing is okay.

Self-defense is written into the annals of our history.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Same reason that Weasel san asked us politely not to mention loads for cartridges here. Basically, this is Ace's house and certain keywords can cause him to lose ad revenue and trouble from gubmint agencies possibly.

So discussion what someone else did and why it did not work like with suppressors is within the boundaries. Same with self defense topics like whether or not you should stay silent, etc.

But people directly advocating what could be construed as illegal actions here often get banned, sometimes temporary or sometimes permanent by management. We have a fair number of law enforcement people here, retired or otherwise, there are certainly alphabet agencies that watch for certain key words, and the ATF in particular gets twitches when NFA violations are discussed.

Simple politeness as this is a forum graciously allowed by the host and his cobs and we have to be on best behavior in the parlor when discussing issues.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:18 PM (2swu2)

162 130 Saw somewhere the other day that somebody did a Form 1 for a potato and it was approved. His point of course was just to highlight how dumb the rules are.
Posted by: Oddbob

While one can get perishables registered as silencers it is limited value.
And never mind spoilage before registration is approved it's probably good for one shot.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 08:54 PM (/lPRQ)

What are the federal regulations regarding properly registered suppressors which are destroyed or damaged beyond use?

Does tater boy need to keep the rotting remains of the "suppressor" forever, or is there some legal method of un-registering a destroyed suppressor?

Posted by: a.moron at February 01, 2026 09:18 PM (X5Jzz)

163 IIRC, Colt designed their SMG to use 9mm loaded to NATO pressures (124 grain ammo). 115 grain ammo loaded to standard pressures (lower than NATO standard pressure) might not produce enough "oomph" to cycle the bolt completely.
Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:13 PM (BCwQW)

This isn't a Colt SMG, though. It is a 9 mm upper (Obsidian Arms, IIRC) on a self-made lower. Straight blowback, no gas system. 16 inch barrel. Possibly a lighter buffer weight would help it cycle 115 grain ammo? Not that using 124 is a hardship.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 09:19 PM (8zz6B)

164 Dude. Washington has been a reliably blue state since Reagan.

It’s the way it is.

I can’t turn the state red. But.

I do talk to people. And I’m not leaving my home. I love where I live. And I’m not about to be run out.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 09:20 PM (IhIKR)

165 IIRC, Colt designed their SMG to use 9mm loaded to NATO pressures (124 grain ammo). 115 grain ammo loaded to standard pressures (lower than NATO standard pressure) might not produce enough "oomph" to cycle the bolt completely.
Posted by: Ed L
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I think you may be correct. 124gr 9mm NATO is closer to +p 9mm than std pressure. Not quite +p but close. Euro 9mm often work better with 9mm Nato than our domestic 115 gr. Older S&W wondernines from the 70's and 80's work better with 115 gr 9mm.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:21 PM (2swu2)

166 Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:18 PM (2swu2)

Don't worry about it. We have moderators and, if necessary, cobloggers to deal with it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 09:22 PM (n9ltV)

167 Rules of Gunfighting:
Rule #1: Bring a gun. Check.
Rule #2: Bring enough gun. IMO, no check.

It's a small step up to a .380 (still marginal IMO but OK with careful ammo selection) and another small step to a sub-compact 9. My EDC for years was a Colt Mustang with Corbons. Now it's a Sig P290 with Hornadys.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 08:18 PM

Rule #3: Bring all your friends with rifles.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 09:23 PM (0sNs1)

168 Be sure to use a sweet potato.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 09:23 PM (Cqx++)

169 This isn't a Colt SMG, though. It is a 9 mm upper (Obsidian Arms, IIRC) on a self-made lower. Straight blowback, no gas system. 16 inch barrel. Possibly a lighter buffer weight would help it cycle 115 grain ammo? Not that using 124 is a hardship.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 09:19 PM (8zz6B)

A lighter buffer might help. But it might be easier to try the 124s first to see if that switch works.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:24 PM (BCwQW)

170 Rule #4 Shoot them with a rifle before they know youre there.

Wait, which kind of gunfight are we talking about?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

171 This isn't a Colt SMG, though. It is a 9 mm upper (Obsidian Arms, IIRC) on a self-made lower. Straight blowback, no gas system. 16 inch barrel. Possibly a lighter buffer weight would help it cycle 115 grain ammo? Not that using 124 is a hardship.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yes, you can tinker with buffer weights to tune one in but that is sometimes a pain, sometimes not. A day at the range basically.

But the bolt works in recoil impulse and a 115 gr standard pressure has a different recoil impulse than 124 gr. Nato. Not a gas issue but the whole bolt, feed, and recoil from teh buffer as a system issue.

You can run into the same problems with semi autos as teh slide, recoil spring, barrel weight, etc. are all designed as a unit. There is some leeway but most just feed a weapon what it likes rather than trying to tweak them as some of those tweaks can degrade accuracy.

Rugers P series, are an example of a firearm that feeds damn near anything but is minute of man accuracy due to tolerances baked into the cake for reliability. Smith 3rd Generation and later are the same.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:26 PM (2swu2)

172 RE: the "potato suppressor". Wouldn't the NFA taxed/stamped device be the bushing/whatever that is used to attach the spud to the muzzle of the firearm? I believe that is how it works for "oil filter suppressors".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 09:26 PM (8zz6B)

173 Don't worry about it. We have moderators and, if necessary, cobloggers to deal with it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Thought you were elsewhere and Weasel san has retired for the evening. I am sure that people are around with the banhammer but don't really like to see it if avoidable.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:27 PM (2swu2)

174 Rule #0: Make friends with the sniper in the Art Thread painting. (Pro Tip: S/he rarely is hiding behind one of the happy little bushes, but you never know.)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 09:28 PM (0sNs1)

175 What are the federal regulations regarding properly registered suppressors which are destroyed or damaged beyond use?

Does tater boy need to keep the rotting remains of the "suppressor" forever, or is there some legal method of un-registering a destroyed suppressor?
Posted by: a.moron at February 01, 2026 09:18 PM (X5Jzz)

Check w/ BATFE to be sure, but I think you have to submit a Form 4 documenting the destruction of the registered item by showing it has been cut apart or physically destroyed. BATFE is pretty specific about what it takes to "destroy" an NFA item. Submittal of pictures and/or video will be required.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:29 PM (BCwQW)

176 172 RE: the "potato suppressor". Wouldn't the NFA taxed/stamped device be the bushing/whatever that is used to attach the spud to the muzzle of the firearm? I believe that is how it works for "oil filter suppressors".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I think it was something ludicrous like scratching the potato or something. It was a silly demonstration to show how regulating something that is basically a sound muffler is silly. It is so silly that most Europeans don't even bother with it.

I blame Hollyweird for it.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:29 PM (2swu2)

177 >>>Simple politeness as this is a forum graciously allowed by the host and his cobs and we have to be on best behavior in the parlor when discussing issues.

Posted by: whig

>Again, you are correct. I'm a crossbow man, myself. You longbow people are sissies.

Anyway, all of my firearms were lost in a canoeing mishap a few month ago.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 09:29 PM (oT7pT)

178 Check w/ BATFE to be sure, but I think you have to submit a Form 4 documenting the destruction of the registered item by showing it has been cut apart or physically destroyed. BATFE is pretty specific about what it takes to "destroy" an NFA item. Submittal of pictures and/or video will be required.
Posted by: Ed L
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Mashed potatoes anyone?

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:30 PM (2swu2)

179 No mashing!

Posted by: Brian Stelter (D-CNN) at February 01, 2026 09:31 PM (0sNs1)

180 175 What are the federal regulations regarding properly registered suppressors which are destroyed or damaged beyond use?

Does tater boy need to keep the rotting remains of the "suppressor" forever, or is there some legal method of un-registering a destroyed suppressor?
Posted by: a.moron at February 01, 2026 09:18 PM (X5Jzz)

Check w/ BATFE to be sure, but I think you have to submit a Form 4 documenting the destruction of the registered item by showing it has been cut apart or physically destroyed. BATFE is pretty specific about what it takes to "destroy" an NFA item. Submittal of pictures and/or video will be required.

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:29 PM (BCwQW)

So, Form 4 and a picture of a pile of french fries should do it.

Posted by: a.moron at February 01, 2026 09:31 PM (X5Jzz)

181 A comparison of the silencing ability of various fruits and vegetables would be interesting. How would say, a watermelon, perform against perhaps, a coconut?

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2026 09:31 PM (vFG9F)

182 Time for me to sign off for the night. See you all next week!

Posted by: Ed L at February 01, 2026 09:32 PM (BCwQW)

183 174 Rule #0: Make friends with the sniper in the Art Thread painting. (Pro Tip: S/he rarely is hiding behind one of the happy little bushes, but you never know.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I guess pyracantha would be an unhappy little bush, especially for those having to cross through them.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:33 PM (2swu2)

184 Next worst thing to caliber creep is magazine creep. I have four different systems that take 9mm Luger, and I was getting frustrated over getting the correct magazines loaded into the right range bag on the appropriate day.

Suddenly, a five watt light bulb appeared over my head. Range bags that can carry a pistol, ammo, and multiple magazines are relatively inexpensive. I grabbed a handful of hanger tags and started writing codes like BHP and 1911-45 on them. A quick sort of my existing bag inventory, few minutes on Amazon, and I am now on my way to getting organized.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 09:33 PM (BSxnY)

185 I blame Hollyweird for it.
Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:29 PM (2swu2)

Was it after the Vegas shooting that hillary said the carnage would have been 10 times worse if he had used a suppressor?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 09:34 PM (zZu0s)

186 Philippine Sea, A-4 incident.

Oh, my gosh, our military, at war, was armed with our most lethal weapons. Shocked.

I mean, couldn't they use rubber bombs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 09:35 PM (c35xG)

187 Suddenly, a five watt light bulb appeared over my head. Range bags that can carry a pistol, ammo, and multiple magazines are relatively inexpensive. I grabbed a handful of hanger tags and started writing codes like BHP and 1911-45 on them. A quick sort of my existing bag inventory, few minutes on Amazon, and I am now on my way to getting organized.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

I do something similar with rifles in my safe. All are in gunsocks and I label them as to what is what for that particular gunsock. But your system makes a lot of sense for grabbing the right firearm and mags for range trips.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:35 PM (2swu2)

188 RE: the "potato suppressor". Wouldn't the NFA taxed/stamped device be the bushing/whatever that is used to attach the spud to the muzzle of the firearm? I believe that is how it works for "oil filter suppressors".

You could probably do it that way if you were actually serious about using it. But since his intent was to just make mock of the NFA regs, he registered the actual potato. Which I suppose means he had to serial number somehow it to distinguish it from all other potatoes. Yeah, it's weird and silly but that's the point.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 09:36 PM (Fs0KI)

189 Was it after the Vegas shooting that hillary said the carnage would have been 10 times worse if he had used a suppressor?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Heh. Sounds like something Killary would say, then again, she has it done for her and Bill, instead of dirtying her own hands with it. Vince Foster might be the exception though. That is still a weird one.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:36 PM (2swu2)

190 184 Next worst thing to caliber creep is magazine creep. I have four different systems that take 9mm Luger, and I was getting frustrated over getting the correct magazines loaded into the right range bag on the appropriate day.

Suddenly, a five watt light bulb appeared over my head. Range bags that can carry a pistol, ammo, and multiple magazines are relatively inexpensive. I grabbed a handful of hanger tags and started writing codes like BHP and 1911-45 on them. A quick sort of my existing bag inventory, few minutes on Amazon, and I am now on my way to getting organized.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 09:33 PM (BSxnY)

. . . and a separate range bag for common stuff like ear muffs, stapler, etc. I like it !

Posted by: a.moron at February 01, 2026 09:38 PM (X5Jzz)

191 Rule #0: Make friends with the sniper in the Art Thread painting

More seriously, I always figured Rule #0 was "Be somewhere else." But if you've screwed up that one, Rules 1 and 2 become very important.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 09:38 PM (Fs0KI)

192 Thanks, Weasel.

Posted by: GWB at February 01, 2026 09:39 PM (IBQTE)

193 Re John Farnam, noted firearms trainer.

"1) Don’t go to stupid places! “Begging the question” is a sure formula for a short life, as we see!

2) Don’t associate with, nor find yourself among, stupid people. Stupid people don’t live very long. Make it a point to find better friends!

3) Don’t participate in stupid and dangerous activities (along with other stupid people). Neither minding other peoples’ business, nor aggressively injecting yourself into dangerous confrontations in which you were not otherwise involved, nor “begging the question” in general are consistent with long life!

4) Don’t fail “The Attitude Test” Be always polite, courteous, non-confrontational, boring, particularly when you find yourself in dangerous circumstances. Separate and exit the area immediately, without comment. Don’t look for ways to make people angry with you. You may be far more successful than you ever imagined, as we see!"

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:40 PM (2swu2)

194 Was it after the Vegas shooting that hillary said the carnage would have been 10 times worse if he had used a suppressor?

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Translation: "this sonofabitch almost singlehandly matched my high score, and my minions always use suppressors, per CGI bylaws. If he'd had a suppressor at that concert, I'd have to liquidate the entire population of Fernando Poo to stay on my pedestal."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 09:43 PM (BI5O2)

195 A couple of recently deceased activists could have used that advice, whig.

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2026 09:47 PM (vFG9F)

196 Was scrolling back up to scan for something and noticed:

But don't discount the lazy state GOPs that run dismal campaigns consisting of mailers, tv and radio ads, and those awful robocalls.

Republicans (with the exception of Cornyn) win in TX in spite of the state GOP, not because of it.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 09:47 PM (Fs0KI)

197 Greetings from Houston. I'm very late but I did go to the range today. First time since the MoMe, where I had a dismal showing on the range. Today was pretty good. Tried to make every shot count and slow down my trigger pull. Cow Demon had a great outing.

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 01, 2026 09:51 PM (L8/Na)

198 195 A couple of recently deceased activists could have used that advice, whig.
Posted by: fd
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John had them in mind specifically in that particular post but his rules for encounters and going home safe have been around for a while.

His free quips series at Defense Training International is hilarious, sobering, and wise at times. John is an old school firearms trainer and he and his wife go throughout the US training people on firearm use. Has several well regarded books out too that are still in print.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:52 PM (2swu2)

199 Republicans (with the exception of Cornyn) win in TX in spite of the state GOP, not because of it.
Posted by: Oddbob
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GOP in most states and localities have become moribund because they are run by an iron triangle of state party officials, donors, and campaign consultants. As long as each get what they want, they are happy and the rest of the voters can safely be ignored.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:54 PM (2swu2)

200 197 Greetings from Houston. I'm very late but I did go to the range today. First time since the MoMe, where I had a dismal showing on the range. Today was pretty good. Tried to make every shot count and slow down my trigger pull. Cow Demon had a great outing.
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Safe travels.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:54 PM (2swu2)

201 Welp, out for the evening so others can enjoy the rest of it.

Posted by: whig at February 01, 2026 09:56 PM (2swu2)

202 G'night, whig. Always a good thread when you're on it.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 09:57 PM (Fs0KI)

203 But don't discount the lazy state GOPs that run dismal campaigns consisting of mailers, tv and radio ads, and those awful robocalls.

Republicans (with the exception of Cornyn) win in TX in spite of the state GOP, not because of it.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 09:47 PM (Fs0KI)

Don’t forget robo texts.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 01, 2026 09:58 PM (PlzrS)

204 SID!

Good for you! Get out there. Pull the trigger. Do your best to focus and fight the flinch. Please don’t be so hard on yourself. I have confidence in you. I’ve stood next to you while you shoot. I am confidant you would prevail in a situation.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 09:59 PM (IhIKR)

205 ONT.

Posted by: clarence at February 01, 2026 10:01 PM (6L3LN)

206 Don’t forget robo texts.

Somehow, during the time he was at UT, the TX Democrat party got my phone number with my son's name. I still get spam texts every election cycle. Usually I just ignore them but sometimes I f*ck with them.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 10:01 PM (Fs0KI)

207 142 WTF is wrong with TX?

Losing seats in districts Trump
Won by double digits?

Do better.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 09:04 PM (IhIKR)

We have our share of RINOs and Leftist Republicans. I have one representing me in the TX HR and I can’t wait to vote for his opponent.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 01, 2026 10:04 PM (PlzrS)

208 Guns.
Am late.
Did go shooting, did some G17 shooting and didn't do super great. Shooting low left and we all know what that means....practice more. Get that trigger break dialed in.

Also did some shooting with my .223 Henry single shot. It was fun, not tactical at all but it was good fun.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 01, 2026 10:11 PM (xcxpd)

Food Thread: Bourbon, Cornbread, And Bacon, The Three Legs Of The American Meal

Commenter "Pete Bog" poses the question: "Too much bacon?"

After I moved past the embarrassment of the question...the answer is obviously, "not enough."

In fact, it is an even more flawed question, because the bacon in the photo is homemade bacon, made from a 4H pig, which was no doubt lovingly raised by a very motivated teenager. Pete Bog, aside from his Paella-stirring blindness, is no slouch in the kitchen, and has embraced the real (not virtue-signaling) concept of "Farm To Table" and "Nose To Tail!"

Obviously not all of us have access to 4H pigs, but trying to keep the food we eat as close to the source as possible is a fine goal. Bags of chopped vegetables, containers of cut fruit, supermarket-roasted chickens, and even more processed foods are undoubtedly convenient, but they are often more expensive, expose us to food-borne illness at a higher rate than our home kitchens, and remove us from the elemental joys of preparing our own food from start to finish.

One of the things that has convinced me of the virtue-signaling silliness of most of the current food craze is the plethora of (____) milks. Show me the nipples on an almond or an oat, and I will accept them as real. But a glance at the ingredients of these ultra-processed foods should convince you of the silliness of their positions as natural replacements for evil cow milk.

But back to bacon! Even store-bought mass market bacon is tasty. I don't recall ever having bad bacon, unless it was under-cooked or burned beyond recognition. But there is a big difference between Safeway bacon and a well-made bacon or homemade. Yes, you can spend a ton of money...try Neuske's if you have some extra cash, but Costco thick-sliced bacon is quite good! Certainly better than generic supermarket bacon, and it is less expensive to boot.

The rambling point is; We can eat well and healthfully without breaking the bank, as long as we pay a bit of attention to what we start with. And that isn't necessarily more time consuming! The undeniable bonus is that it is often fun and satisfying!

******

Yum! Lovely, complex, with some nicely balanced sweetness, and a bit of vanilla and butterscotch. And the alcohol is perfectly in balance! It is 129 proof, and it drinks like a 100 proof bourbon.

Sadly, it is north of $60, but if you are going to splurge on a bourbon, this is a strong candidate.

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My experiment with bacon/buttermilk cornbread from last week was interesting, but unsuccessful. This week I was kicked off cornbread duty, and to my everlasting disgust and disappointment, last night's version was excellent! A bit too sweet for my taste, but it was delicious nonetheless. Honey Butter Cornbread is a keeper!
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This is exactly what I was talking about up top.

CDC says outbreak traced to pasta meals has ended with 6 deaths

Pre-cooked pasta? Hell, even nurse ratched can cook pasta!

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I love the crap that pizzerias make to use up their extra dough. Garlic Knots are sort of disgusting, but damn, they are also delicious. I use more garlic and also dip them in olive oil, because why the hell knot?
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If Alien landed in China
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I have a cold from hell, I will be in and out. Please play responsibly, and don't leave the rice out on the counter overnight.
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A friend graciously gave me some genuine grown-in-the-USA garlic, and I tasted one clove and planted the rest, because my pathetic failure last year is an anomaly...right? I hope so, because it's in the ground (actually, a large pot), and it had better work this time!

Send all of your extra antelope to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Cheese on bacon?

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at February 01, 2026 04:01 PM (jc0TO)

3 My breakfast tomorrow but sausage egg and cheese.
Was going to make pizza tonight but forgot to get mozzarella

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

4 What, no Kentucky Jelly?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:02 PM (zZu0s)

5 Why not bacon egg and cheese?

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

6 I see cheese and bacon. That sandwich does look delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)

7 CBD, if you had a cold...and it's winter...why didn't we go with tried and true "illness" recipes...

Anyway, have a ton of ginger, garlic, and olive oil - maybe put it all with some chicken...and feel better!

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:03 PM (tOcjL)

8 and don't leave the rice out on the counter overnight.

Huh. My wife was just going on about this. She claims that rice is particularly susceptible to food poisoning, which I find odd.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:04 PM (jc0TO)

9 Tonight is chicken tenders with a homemade dip (thinking raw honey dijon b/c I have a lot of both), roasted garlic green beans, and a cherry, pineapple, and banana salad with coconut cupcakes for dessert (saved a few from the youth group tray)...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:05 PM (tOcjL)

10 Shots fired!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:05 PM (IhIKR)

11 She claims that rice is particularly susceptible to food poisoning, which I find odd.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:04 PM (jc0TO)

I don't think that it is particularly susceptible, but the bacteria that like to grow on rice are nasty.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:05 PM (n9ltV)

12 3 My breakfast tomorrow but sausage egg and cheese.
Was going to make pizza tonight but forgot to get mozzarella
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

So, you needed me to guide you on cheese-less pizza...

BBQ sauce, cooked and crumbled bacon, sauteed onions and peppers, pineapple, and raw spinach...thank me later and have the "pizza"...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:06 PM (tOcjL)

13 nurse didn't have the safety on

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Rice shouldn't be worse than anything else. The starch might offer a good growth culture, but it's not hollandaise sauce.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:06 PM (zZu0s)

15 8 and don't leave the rice out on the counter overnight.

Huh. My wife was just going on about this. She claims that rice is particularly susceptible to food poisoning, which I find odd.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:04 PM (jc0TO)

It is...you can get wildly sick off poorly stored cooked rice.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:06 PM (tOcjL)

16 If Alien landed in China

I want that countertop for my kitchen...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 01, 2026 04:06 PM (VKpk6)

17 Yum! Lovely, complex, with some nicely balanced sweetness, and a bit of vanilla and butterscotch. And the alcohol is perfectly in balance! It is 129 proof, and it drinks like a 100 proof bourbon.

Sadly, it is north of $60, but if you are going to splurge on a bourbon, this is a strong candidate.

Pfffft. It's $75 here in NoVa and I'm sure Spambooger has a plan to raise taxes on it.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)

18 I wouldn't put pineapple on a pizza any faster than would anchovies

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)

19 I'm making cabbage rolls tonight. Only made these once or twice before and I don't the recipe I pulled from the webs is the same one I used before.

A recipe pet peeve is when they say "salt and pepper to taste" when I'm adding it to a mixture of raw ground beef, pork sausage, and uncooked rice. Yeah, I'll be tasting that before I cook it.

Also, I think the last recipe had me adding a bit of the thin tomatoey sauce to the meat/rice mixture. This one doesn't say that but I think I'm-a do it anyway. 'Cuz that's how I roll (get it?)

Posted by: Otto Pen at February 01, 2026 04:07 PM (sJHOI)

20 I don't think that it is particularly susceptible, but the bacteria that like to grow on rice are nasty.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:05 PM

Maybe that's it. She was talking about knowing someone that died from eating bad rice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:08 PM (jc0TO)

21 If you make sweet cornbread, just call it cake. I make real buttermilk cornbread in a cast iron skillet (I've inherited some that were my great-great grandmothers'). I preheat the skillet in the oven with bacon drippings I collect and keep in my fridge.

I'm still trying to perfect my late mother's thin, lacy fried cornbread.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 01, 2026 04:09 PM (4tmpE)

22 Rice is a problem b/c it's small, warm, and damp and people don't treat it like meat when they leave it out - it should be thought of as a meat vs a grain for storage purposes to avoid illness...aka, don't leave it out really at all after eating. Eat and then put away immediately.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:09 PM (tOcjL)

23 If Alien landed in China

out: wet markets
in: dangerously-acidic markets

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)

24 It is...you can get wildly sick off poorly stored cooked rice.

Best to keep it in the form of sake, then.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)

25 People have been cooking rice for a millenium before refrigeration. Were they just tougher?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)

26 18 I wouldn't put pineapple on a pizza any faster than would anchovies
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)

See, you can sub anchovies for the pineapple on that pizza, and it's also amazing. I didn't recommend it b/c people freak more on anchovies than pineapple...but BBQ sauce pizza with no cheese works for both.

Remember, cheese and pineapple don't work well, and neither does tomato and pineapple...but the "pizza" I posted has neither, and pineapple does LOVE pork products...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:10 PM (tOcjL)

27 If the meal between breakfast and lunch is called "brunch," what is the name for the meal between lunch and dinner? I guess in England they call it "high tea" (until it's decided that's haram). Is there a name for it in America?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 01, 2026 04:11 PM (CHHv1)

28 My wife gets almond milk weekly, see no human use for it

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:11 PM (Ia/+0)

29 D'oh !

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:11 PM (jc0TO)

30 People have been cooking rice for a millenium before refrigeration. Were they just tougher?

I imagine they ate every grain of it just after cooking. Leftovers are a modern invention.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 04:11 PM (Riz8t)

31 toby!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 01, 2026 04:12 PM (4tmpE)

32 I'm still trying to perfect my late mother's thin, lacy fried cornbread.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 01, 2026 04:09 PM (4tmpE)

I prefer savory cornbread, but I have to admit that this one was pretty good!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:12 PM (n9ltV)

33 25 People have been cooking rice for a millenium before refrigeration. Were they just tougher?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)

They didn't have any leftover...it's cooked rice left out for any period that becomes the problem. Dry uncooked rice is not.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:12 PM (tOcjL)

34 27 If the meal between breakfast and lunch is called "brunch," what is the name for the meal between lunch and dinner? I guess in England they call it "high tea" (until it's decided that's haram). Is there a name for it in America?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 01, 2026 04:11 PM (CHHv1)

Linner

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:13 PM (tOcjL)

35 There was an egg tucked in there under the cheese and the double order of bacon.

I might have gotten carried away with the bacon. But it was really good and therefore likely to happen again.

Tomorrow

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 04:13 PM (Rmwng)

36 Armies surved on poorly stored rice for centuries seems to me

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:14 PM (Ia/+0)

37 Okay, the chest freezer is cleaned and reorganized. I gotta go get the discount ground chuck on Rouses four day sale.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:14 PM (jc0TO)

38 It's $75 here in NoVa and I'm sure Spambooger has a plan to raise taxes on it.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)

Ouch.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:14 PM (n9ltV)

39 People have been cooking rice for a millenium before refrigeration. Were they just tougher?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)

No. They got sick...a lot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:15 PM (n9ltV)

40 Poured out the last fingers of Four Roses Small Batch. Just right for the 40 degree south Florida (??) weather today. Sunday sauce simmering on the stove. Staying inside for the rest of the day...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2026 04:15 PM (nbLIj)

41 Armies surved on poorly stored rice for centuries seems to me
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:14 PM (Ia/+0)

Dry vs cooked.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)

42 Thanks for the Bumblebee recipe, CBD. However, I have officially renamed it the Bee’s Elbows in my files. It’s a lot like a Bee’s Knees, but pointier.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

43 I am still disturbed that I am excited about paying $3.88/lb for 80/20 ground beef.

Effin Joeflation.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:16 PM (jc0TO)

44 Pre-cooked pasta? Hell, even nurse ratched can cook pasta!

CBD, can I have your stuff?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 01, 2026 04:17 PM (/HDaX)

45 Show me the nipples on an almond or an oat, and I will accept them as real.

The more accurate "Nut Juice" didn't focus group well. Except in San Fran.

Posted by: Bob in Marketing at February 01, 2026 04:17 PM (Wnv9h)

46 3.88 is a good price.

Damn, I think I payed 5 on sale.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:17 PM (zZu0s)

47 I prefer savory cornbread, but I have to admit that this one was pretty good!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:12 PM (n9ltV)

I understand. I'm not a cornbread snob, but my town has an influx of excellent new chefs who seem to think that cornbread must be sweet. They ain't from these parts. 😄

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 01, 2026 04:17 PM (4tmpE)

48 43 I am still disturbed that I am excited about paying $3.88/lb for 80/20 ground beef.

Effin Joeflation.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:16 PM (jc0TO)

Under $4/lb for any beef excites me, too. I saw sirloin steaks for $4.99/lb this week and about fell over (haven't shopped for them yet, but happy they exist)...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL)

49 The more accurate "Nut Juice" didn't focus group well. Except in San Fran.
Posted by: Bob in Marketing at February 01, 2026 04:17 PM (Wnv9h)

Its weird. 'Cream of Nut' or 'Nut Cream' did not test well either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:18 PM (zZu0s)

50 Paid. That one was me. I am retard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:19 PM (zZu0s)

51 Fron the ONT the other day

https://tinyurl.com/4p9wt2km

This is so me as regards inflation.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:19 PM (jc0TO)

52 I made a big pot of chili this week (Cowboy Kent Rollins recipe). The damn cold, icy weather seemed to demand it. A dollop of sour cream and some shavings, not grated, of mild cheddar worked great.

It did involve carrots. So as not to aggravate CBD's cold, let me say that the carrots were on the side. Cold, crisp carrot sticks make a pleasant side. Their fresh taste contrasts nicely with the heat of the chili.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 04:19 PM (yTvNw)

53 I'm not a cornbread snob, but my town has an influx of excellent new chefs who seem to think that cornbread must be sweet.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 01, 2026 04:17 PM (4tmpE)

I'm going to try cornbread in a small cast-iron pan I have. An ounce of bacon fat into the hot pan, then the batter. It should be delicious!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:20 PM (n9ltV)

54 If you can get your rice to have the right kind of mold, shio koji, you’re on your way to making mirin, soy sauce, and sake.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 01, 2026 04:20 PM (NG46o)

55 Cold, crisp carrot sticks make a pleasant side. Their fresh taste contrasts nicely with the heat of the chili.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 04:19 PM (yTvNw)

Try pickling them!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:21 PM (n9ltV)

56 Got ground beef 80/20 for $2.99 last week at ShopRite. Limit 3#s. That's the cheapest I've seen in a loooong time.

Posted by: IrishEi at February 01, 2026 04:21 PM (3ImbR)

57 I inherited a cast iron cornbread pan from my mother where the cups are shaped as corncobs.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:21 PM (jc0TO)

58 Its weird. 'Cream of Nut' or 'Nut Cream' did not test well either.

Frigidaire Recipes of 1928: “Caramel Nut Cream”.

Have at it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 04:21 PM (EXyHK)

59 And I agree, CBD about the processed fake milks. And cheese. And meat.

Horrid things to put in your body.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:22 PM (OOvyq)

60 Show me the nipples on an almond or an oat, and I will accept them as real.

*********

Not going to happen. Almonds and oats lack those.

(wait for it)

Posted by: muldoon at February 01, 2026 04:23 PM (qgHp7)

61 My wife gets almond milk weekly, see no human use for it
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:11 PM (Ia/+0)

It's like a social contagion. I recall the dairy farmers suing to stop them from calling it milk, because it isn't. FWIW, anything less than whole milk, is not milk...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2026 04:23 PM (nbLIj)

62 “Strong candidate.” Good one.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 01, 2026 04:23 PM (YlWIZ)

63 I made a big pot of chili this week (Cowboy Kent Rollins recipe). The damn cold, icy weather seemed to demand it. A dollop of sour cream and some shavings, not grated, of mild cheddar worked great.

I'm planning on trying his Traditional Cowboy Beans recipe tomorrow. Should be interesting to see how that turns out.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 01, 2026 04:23 PM (/HDaX)

64 Given the weather, chili might just have to happen later this week.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 04:24 PM (Wnv9h)

65 Not going to happen. Almonds and oats lack those.

(wait for it)
Posted by: muldoon at February 01, 2026 04:23 PM

*slow clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 04:25 PM (Wnv9h)

66 The reason they call the alternate milk options milk and not "liquid" is b/c of what you use it for - it should be called milk substitute b/c that's the usage.

But b/c coconut milk has a long history of being a milk, it's probably why "milk" was not able to hold off the labeling of the alternatives. I mean, 1698 is a long time for coconut fatty liquid to be called coconut milk in English...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:25 PM (tOcjL)

67 Small portions. Not for real men. Just soft-handed girly men

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 04:26 PM (qFwJc)

68 I inherited a cast iron cornbread pan from my mother where the cups are shaped as corncobs.
Posted by: toby928(c)

********

I have one of those but it got badly rusted. I have been meaning to rehab it, but it keeps slipping down on the To-do list. Im basically a slug.

Posted by: muldoon at February 01, 2026 04:27 PM (qgHp7)

69 I think some people use almond milk, etc. because they are lactose intolerant. I was using it for a while, but it gave me stomach issues so now I just use lactose free half and half for coffee, tea , etc, Lord knows what in it but I can tolerate it

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 04:27 PM (Bw1/o)

70 This site is rayciss. There is never a recipe for bananas and rice.

Bigot!

Posted by: Eeyore at February 01, 2026 04:27 PM (AlhUl)

71 5 Why not bacon egg and cheese?
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

And Spam.

Posted by: Bloody Vikings... at February 01, 2026 04:28 PM (TbWk/)

72 Email from Duke Power in South Carolina:

Please reduce energy use Monday morning during period of peak demand.

Extremely cold temperatures – 10 to 20 degrees below normal – are driving unusually high energy demand across the East Coast, including the Carolinas. As a result, power supplies are limited.

We take every possible action to manage the available power supply and work throughout the year to prepare for this type of constraint. Energy conservation can play a critical role to protect the energy grid from damage and avoid the possibility for temporary power outages.

You can help by cutting back on energy use tomorrow from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:28 PM (jc0TO)

73 I paid .99 cents a pound for good looking thick pork chops at Safeway on Friday. Two are cooking now with some zucchini. Made a pot of rice.

I have six more chops in the freezer. Paid $6.99 for the lot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:28 PM (IhIKR)

74 Milk of amnesia.

Fuggidaboutit!!

Posted by: muldoon at February 01, 2026 04:28 PM (qgHp7)

75 20 I don't think that it is particularly susceptible, but the bacteria that like to grow on rice are nasty.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:05 PM

Botullism seems to like it as a mdium

Posted by: Beware Of The Leopard at February 01, 2026 04:29 PM (nPp6w)

76 *tiptoes out*

Posted by: muldoon at February 01, 2026 04:29 PM (qgHp7)

77 I am hoping now that we are in a bourbon glut I can find better bourbons for less, and that the explosion of anything called bourbon will result in a bunch of pretenders going away for good. Found 10yr Eagle rare for under $50 and Col Taylor for $59.99.

Those are prices I can live with.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 04:29 PM (UVyKP)

78 medium

Posted by: Beware Of The Leopard at February 01, 2026 04:29 PM (nPp6w)

79 Has anyone seen the videos made at Walmart that purport to show a pricing/weight scam? Items that are sold by weight, meats mostly, but it appears other products and foods stuffs are also affected.

It goes like this; a package of meat is sold at $4.99/lb. You pick up a package and it says 3lbs. So.... $15. But when weighed it's only 1.7lbs, or something like that.

These are "in store" stickers put on the products and it applies to anything Walmart sells by bulk/weight that they package themselves; meats, produce, nuts, etc.

I haven't checked our Walmart Neighborhood Market, their "grocery only" store here, but next time...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 04:30 PM (jtM2q)

80 I'm going to try cornbread in a small cast-iron pan I have. An ounce of bacon fat into the hot pan, then the batter. It should be delicious!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:20 PM (n9ltV)

Get the skillet and bacon grease screaming hot and pour the cornbread batter in. The crisp bottom and edges are wonderful.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 01, 2026 04:30 PM (4tmpE)

81 And before we throw all milk alternatives under the bus on a thread where many will become at a minimum lactose intolerant, there is a hierarchy of how processed these items are and how healthy they are...

Like coconut milk is almost not processed at all if you get the Asian version - it's the coconut flesh blended with water and sometimes guar gum...oat milk can literally be just oats and water...as can almond milk, whether store bought or homemade.

So, better to actually see what you are buying and using...look at any added sweeteners, added salts, added emulsifiers, etc...and compare to say, Lactaid, if you are the lactose intolerant. Or going without if you have allergies.

It's why I don't use dairy and nut free cheese...there's no way to make it both taste good and be highly unprocessed when you take out both those options.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:30 PM (tOcjL)

82 55 ... "Cold, crisp carrot sticks make a pleasant side. Their fresh taste contrasts nicely with the heat of the chili.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 04:19 PM (yTvNw)

Try pickling them!"

CBD, Good idea! I grew up with lacto-fermented pickles, mostly carrots, turnips and cauliflower. Figure if I can make kraut, I can make the pickled carrots. Same process. I could make a meal out of them, some olives and crusty bread. Or Moki's pita bread.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 04:31 PM (yTvNw)

83 I have seen Fat Free Sour Cream in the store. What the hell is it?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:34 PM (jc0TO)

84 Better go make salad and have leftover BBQ

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:35 PM (Ia/+0)

85 I was at the store that used to be known as Cash and Carry, that is the restaurant store for people who don't go to Costco.
I picked up a large amount of pork shoulder to turn into smaller roasts, and I almost bought several pounds of pre-shredded cabbage to make sauerkraut.
I just couldn't pull the trigger yet, it seemed pre-shredded cabbage was some sort of fell, unworthy trick., leaving me only to salt it down and pack it

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 04:35 PM (rbvCR)

86 Show me the nipples on an almond or an oat, and I will accept them as real.

*********

Not going to happen. Almonds and oats lack those.

(wait for it)
Posted by: muldoon

.....

Ouch.

Apparently, I'm lack-those intolerant.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 04:36 PM (VHUov)

87 I have seen Fat Free Sour Cream in the store. What the hell is it?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:34 PM (jc0TO)

Would have to be a lot of gum or starch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)

88 4H, 5H. Whatever it takes …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 01, 2026 04:37 PM (N5sxx)

89 U S Chef has thick sliced yummy applewood, hickory or peppered bacon. In January we bought five pounds for $21.99. Divided into one pound seal a meal packs and froze most of it. Good deal.

Posted by: S.Lynn at February 01, 2026 04:37 PM (k/pJz)

90 83 I have seen Fat Free Sour Cream in the store. What the hell is it?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:34 PM (jc0TO)

They use multiple emulsifiers to keep it held together without the fat...and some other things...

Walmart Fat Free
"Cultured Pasteurized Nonfat Milk and Milk*, Modified Food Starch, Whey*, Whey Protein Concentrate*, Nonfat Milk Solids, Maltodextrin, Propylene Glycol Monoester, Color Added, Sodium Phisphate, POtassium Sorbate (To Preserve Freshness), Agar, Xanthan Gum, Tara Gum, Vitamin A Palmitate. *Adds a Trivial Amount of Fat."

Walmart Full Fat
Cultured cream, enzyme, milk

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:37 PM (tOcjL)

91 Curried rice and banana is quite good, and plantains, too. Not exactly something you need a recipe for, though.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 04:37 PM (EXyHK)

92 Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 04:29 PM (UVyKP)

Same. Been hearing about how the kids aren't buying hard liquor (don't look at me, I turned Little onto bourbon and cigars right after he got started on solid food). Still waiting to see prices reflect this supposed drop in demand...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2026 04:37 PM (nbLIj)

93 To the benefit of our booze budget, my taste in bourbon favors inexpensive. Wild Turkey 101 and Bowman Brothers Virginia Straight Bourbon top the list at about 30 bucks.

I'll pay more for scotch. Fortunately, Lagavulin 16 and Laphroaig Quarter Cask prices are still in low earth orbit.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 04:39 PM (yTvNw)

94 I live out in the hinterlands and can't get decent whole milk mozzarella, so I started using Monterey Jack cheese when I make pizza.

Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2026 04:41 PM (98kQX)

95 Curried rice and banana is quite good, and plantains, too. Not exactly something you need a recipe for, though.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 04:37 PM (EXyHK)

Fried plantains are the bomb.

Posted by: Cuban food is so good at February 01, 2026 04:41 PM (TbWk/)

96 Curried rice and banana is quite good

Somali!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 04:43 PM (Kt19C)

97 leaving me only to salt it down and pack it

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 04:45 PM (Kt19C)

98 95 Curried rice and banana is quite good, and plantains, too. Not exactly something you need a recipe for, though.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 04:37 PM (EXyHK)

Fried plantains are the bomb.
Posted by: Cuban food is so good at February 01, 2026 04:41 PM (TbWk/)

I love plantains! Green or almost black peels, depending how you want to use and cook them...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 04:46 PM (tOcjL)

99 Curried rice and banana is quite good, and plantains, too. Not exactly something you need a recipe for, though.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 04:37 PM (EXyHK)
~~~~~

Rice Krispies and bananas with milk.

Posted by: IrishEi at February 01, 2026 04:47 PM (3ImbR)

100 Neuske’s is very good stuff, but it’s at least 3x the price of store stuff, plus 20-25% shipping. Youre paying prime ny strip prices for bacon. Pass.

One thing I noticed when comparing Neuske’s to high-end store bacon is that the main difference is that it’s more heavily spiced. So you can get the store stuff, add some extra salt, pepper, and cumin (that’s what I did), and youre pretty damn close at 25% the price. Winning.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 01, 2026 04:47 PM (N5sxx)

101 Anyone tried E H Taylor ?
Tasty.
Probably frightfully expensive.

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 01, 2026 04:47 PM (PoaF2)

102 We get our hamburger from a local operation. Grass fed, no antibiotics, etc., and the taste and texture are better than any store bought burger. Costs a bit more but not bad. I used it in the chili this week and it made a noticeable improvement. Same place we get our beef tallow.

Since we are cooking for two old retired folks, not feeding teenagers, we can splurge on food. Besides, cooking from scratch with better ingredients is fun.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 04:50 PM (yTvNw)

103 That EC cask strength is 129 proof? That’ll kick you in the nuts and then when you bent over in pain, it’ll fuck you in the ass.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 01, 2026 04:50 PM (N5sxx)

104 101 Anyone tried E H Taylor ?
Tasty.
Probably frightfully expensive.
Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 01, 2026 04:47 PM (PoaF2)
==
Yes, that was reference to Col Taylor above. It is one of my faves, but is crazily expensive and was only something I asked for Christmas gifts. But I found it for 59.99 at a Chicago area Binney's. They had a limit of one. I bought my one happily.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 04:51 PM (UVyKP)

105 103 That EC cask strength is 129 proof? That’ll kick you in the nuts and then when you bent over in pain, it’ll fuck you in the ass.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 01, 2026 04:50 PM (N5sxx)
==
Booker's and Bardstown are other high octane bourbons. I like them, but will put them on ice.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 04:53 PM (UVyKP)

106 Bourbon, Cornbread, And Bacon, The Three Legs Of The American Meal

----------------

I thought that was a mushroom on top.

Posted by: Decaf at February 01, 2026 04:53 PM (Z8jzG)

107 Somali!!

You inspired me to pull down my Foods of the World: African Cooking book. They have nothing from Somalia or Somaliland. The map has some land east of Ethiopia and East Africa but it has no label. This would be circa 1970.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 04:53 PM (EXyHK)

108 Zingerman‘s online catalog has bacon clubs. Quite pricey, as are all things, Zingerman. But they sell several different Bacons from producers around the country that I’ve never heard of. Google Zingermans bacon club for a tour of their offerings.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 01, 2026 04:53 PM (P4/RL)

109 I live out in the hinterlands and can't get decent whole milk mozzarella, so I started using Monterey Jack cheese when I make pizza.
Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2026 04:41 PM (98kQX)

Friend of mine invited a group of us to her place in NJ where her dad was making pizza from scratch. It was awesome, and he challenged us to guess the cheese. No one expected or guessed Monterey Jack, but that's what it was..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2026 04:54 PM (nbLIj)

110 Fresh pastrami for dinner tonight. Gonna pan sear it then serve with some onion and Dijon mustard on a toasted roll. Done.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 01, 2026 04:55 PM (N5sxx)

111 Hag Horse Soldier over the holidays. Very smooth. $68 a bottle.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 04:55 PM (2pORR)

112 Had

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 04:55 PM (2pORR)

113 Show me the nipples on an almond or an oat...

https://youtu.be/Imue7RLNGos&t=62s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 01, 2026 04:56 PM (ynpvh)

114 So is it a Hag Horse who is ridden by a soldier or is it a Hag Soldier who rides a horse?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 04:57 PM (zZu0s)

115 Anyone tried E H Taylor ?
Tasty.
Probably frightfully expensive.

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February

Excellent, but not worth the secondary prices.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:58 PM (n9ltV)

116 Just don’t lecture me and tell me all the fake shit is health food. It isn’t. It’s ultra processed fake crap intended to taste and mouth feel like real food.

But it’s marketed as “healthy.”

And people think they are superior eating their fake meat fake cheese fake sour cream mexican food.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:58 PM (IhIKR)

117 Milk of amnesia.

Fuggidaboutit!!
Posted by: muldoon at February 01, 2026 04:28 PM

*nods*

Propofol. Great stuff.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 04:59 PM (Wnv9h)

118 I live out in the hinterlands and can't get decent whole milk mozzarella, so I started using Monterey Jack cheese when I make pizza.
Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2026 04:41 PM (98kQX)

I have heard it is fairly easy to make mozzarella cheese. I have never tried it. Maybe when the weather finally turns cold and you cannot go outside. I am in no hurry for that to happen.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 04:59 PM (Rmwng)

119 109 I live out in the hinterlands and can't get decent whole milk mozzarella, so I started using Monterey Jack cheese when I make pizza.
Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2026 04:41 PM (98kQX)

Friend of mine invited a group of us to her place in NJ where her dad was making pizza from scratch. It was awesome, and he challenged us to guess the cheese. No one expected or guessed Monterey Jack, but that's what it was..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2026 04:54 PM (nbLIj)
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Yea. Mozzarella is used for pizza primarily because it’s cheap and easy to work with (melts easily and ‘gooey’

. But it has very little flavor.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 01, 2026 05:00 PM (N5sxx)

120 Sugar in cornbread isn't quite nextdoor to carrots in chili, but it's in the same neighborhood.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 05:00 PM (0sNs1)

121 Just don’t lecture me and tell me all the fake shit is health food. It isn’t. It’s ultra processed fake crap intended to taste and mouth feel like real food.

But it’s marketed as “healthy.”

And people think they are superior eating their fake meat fake cheese fake sour cream mexican food.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:58 PM

Vile crap.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 05:00 PM (Wnv9h)

122 121 Just don’t lecture me and tell me all the fake shit is health food. It isn’t. It’s ultra processed fake crap intended to taste and mouth feel like real food.

But it’s marketed as “healthy.”

And people think they are superior eating their fake meat fake cheese fake sour cream mexican food.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:58 PM

Vile crap.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 05:00 PM (Wnv9h)

Yes, insist on REAL bugs, not that processed crappy bug stuff.

Posted by: George Soros at February 01, 2026 05:01 PM (ynpvh)

123 Just don’t lecture me and tell me all the fake shit is health food. It isn’t. It’s ultra processed fake crap intended to taste and mouth feel like real food.

But it’s marketed as “healthy.”

And people think they are superior eating their fake meat fake cheese fake sour cream mexican food.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:58 PM

Vile crap.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 05:00 PM (Wnv9h)
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A good rule of thumb is that if something is marketed as ‘healthy’ … RUN

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 01, 2026 05:02 PM (N5sxx)

124 Show me the nipples on an almond or an oat

Foreshadowing an upcoming Art Thread work, or challenge?

I question, you decide.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 05:02 PM (0sNs1)

125 Whenever we pass through Wittenberg, Wisconsin, we stop at the Neuske store. We buy the 5 pound packages of their irregular sliced bacon. Frequently they’re on sale at $25 each when you buy 2.

It’s not ends and pieces. It’s slices, just not the nice center cuts. Freezes well.

Posted by: Mental Block at February 01, 2026 05:02 PM (2LgD3)

126 Ok, so there's been one drink out of that bottle of Elijah Craig..........

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 05:03 PM (LHPAg)

127 That appears to be an English muffin. I thought we were down on the English. Unless it is Amelia's muffin.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 01, 2026 05:04 PM (MZ+PY)

128 And it is easy to cure your own bacon. just takes a little time and planning. Costco pork bellies, some prague #1 salt (the pink stuff) regular salt, spices to taste. rub the pieces of belly with the cure mixture, bag it in big ziplocs and into the fridge. flip it every day for a week to ten days. when the meat is firm to a thumb push it is ready. Rinse, then I smoke it in the Traeger at 165/175 for 45 minutes to an hour. stick it into the freezer to firm up a bit then slice. package and freeze some and eat the rest.

it is delicious.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 05:06 PM (Rmwng)

129 and don't leave the rice out on the counter overnight.

Huh. My wife was just going on about this. She claims that rice is particularly susceptible to food poisoning, which I find odd.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I have found, by "bad luck", that cooked rice can get ichorous like potatoes. Not good to think it was made with too much water...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 05:06 PM (/lPRQ)

130 Barrel proof Elijah Craig.
Now that's a barrel worth check out!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 05:07 PM (2WIwB)

131
Propofol. Great stuff.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Now you're awake and cogent...and now you're not.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2026 05:07 PM (XeU6L)

132 Just so you know, the deep fried bacon at the TXMOME , supplied by Helena Handbasket comes from Neuske.
7 1/2 months.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:07 PM (0KSrI)

133 Ok, so there's been one drink out of that bottle of Elijah Craig..........
Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 05:03 PM (LHPAg)

A manly sized drink too from the look of it.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 05:09 PM (2WIwB)

134 Hag Horse Soldier over the holidays. Very smooth. $68 a bottle.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 04:55 PM (2pORR)

So did I. Didn't like it at all. A very strong burnt flavor to it. Very unpleasant.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)

135 But it’s marketed as “healthy.”

And people think they are superior eating their fake meat fake cheese fake sour cream mexican food.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:58 PM (IhIKR)

BAM. Can't digest real dairy? Well, try our non-dairy, microplastic, lab-grown, DNA-altering "milk".

When mom was in her late 70's I found nothing but "ice milk" in her freezer. Asked her about it, and she said it was probably a good idea to cut down on fats. At that time, she was maybe 100 pounds soaking wet.

I pointed out that at her age (one that I'm now maybe a decade from myself), we could eliminate real ice cream as the thing that kills her. She made 90 laps around the sun. I think it was that hazelnut coffee (don't get me started) that did her in...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2026 05:13 PM (nbLIj)

136
Whenever we pass through Wittenberg, Wisconsin, we stop at the Neuske store.

They have pig wings.

www.nueskes.com/pig-wings

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 05:13 PM (Cqx++)

137 I want to try Whistlestop black walnut cask.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:14 PM (0KSrI)

138 >>Zingerman‘s online catalog has bacon clubs. Quite pricey, as are all things, Zingerman. But they sell several different Bacons from producers around the country that I’ve never heard of. Google Zingermans bacon club for a tour of their offerings.

This is fabulous: https://www.nueskes.com/bacon

Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2026 05:14 PM (0yjaw)

139 Don't recall the situation but saw an interview with Sam Elliot about milk not from animals. In that voice he said "ain't no tits on an almond". Thought that stated the matter properly.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 05:14 PM (yTvNw)

140 Have you considered the A2 milk at Costco, some sort of paleo milk.

Posted by: MikeN at February 01, 2026 05:14 PM (8uQGY)

141 Unless it's in a mixed drink ( if you can do bourbon in a whiskey sour) I've had bourbon by itself.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 05:14 PM (Bw1/o)

142 115 Anyone tried E H Taylor ?
Tasty.
Probably frightfully expensive.

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February

Excellent, but not worth the secondary prices.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 04:58 PM (n9ltV)

Recently picked up a bottle on sale for $99. That's not a terrible mark-up, but pushing my limits.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 01, 2026 05:15 PM (MZ+PY)

143 >>A good rule of thumb is that if something is marketed as ‘healthy’ … RUN

"Plant-based" = fake and crappy

Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2026 05:16 PM (0yjaw)

144 141-meant "never had"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 05:16 PM (Bw1/o)

145 "Plant-based" = fake and crappy

Posted by: Lizzy at February 01, 2026 05:16 PM (0yjaw)

That's fair.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 05:19 PM (n9ltV)

146 Alcohol is plant-based.

Posted by: Dark L at February 01, 2026 05:21 PM (KAi1n)

147 I've been eating a lot of real ice cream lately and the only problem I've had is it makes me want more ice cream.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 05:21 PM (LHPAg)

148 Cows are plant based.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 05:21 PM (zZu0s)

149 Made hamburgers on Friday and added porcini mushroom powder to the other seasonings. Served on foccacio bread with provole cheese.

The mushroom powder was a fantastic addition.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:22 PM (0KSrI)

150 I wouldn't put pineapple on a pizza any faster than would anchovies
Posted by: Skip

Pineapple on anchovies? Yuck

Posted by: Dark L at February 01, 2026 05:23 PM (KAi1n)

151 Do any of you folks make 'nomato' sauce? I had to cut back on tomato a couple years ago and I'm trying to develop a substitute for pasta sauce or chili. I have gotten to 'tolerable,' but not to 'good.'

I use beet, carrot, onion, and garlic as the base. Comes out very earthy. Any idea how to brighten it up?

Thanks,

Posted by: Penultimatum at February 01, 2026 05:24 PM (1QSX/)

152
I've been eating a lot of real ice cream lately and the only problem I've had is it makes me want more ice cream.
Posted by: Eromero

Do you make it yourself?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 05:25 PM (Cqx++)

153 Time to make some individual pizzas in portobello mushroom caps.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:26 PM (0KSrI)

154 150 I wouldn't put pineapple on a pizza any faster than would anchovies
Posted by: Skip

Pineapple on anchovies? Yuck
Posted by: Dark L at February 01, 2026 05:23 PM (KAi1n)
How do you think they preserved the pineapples for the oceanic canoe trips? Anchovies. We taught them that.
-Ancient Aliens

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 05:26 PM (LHPAg)

155 147 I've been eating a lot of real ice cream lately and the only problem I've had is it makes me want more ice cream.
Posted by: Eromero

Eat more. I’ve met you.

You can afford to gain a pound or two.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 05:27 PM (IhIKR)

156 nurse, I'd like to seem gain 10 at least.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:28 PM (0KSrI)

157 120 Sugar in cornbread isn't quite nextdoor to carrots in chili, but it's in the same neighborhood.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 05:00 PM (0sNs1)

Amen.

Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 05:28 PM (vHpfQ)

158 152
I've been eating a lot of real ice cream lately and the only problem I've had is it makes me want more ice cream.
Posted by: Eromero

Do you make it yourself?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 05:25 PM (Cqx++)
Oh no, leave that to BlueBell or Braum's. I just eat it.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 05:28 PM (LHPAg)

159 Damn, that pastrami was da bomb. The Blade nailed it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 01, 2026 05:28 PM (N5sxx)

160 Crisping up some herbed polenta to go with leftover rabbit stew. Good cold weather comfort food.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 05:29 PM (Wnv9h)

161 151 Do any of you folks make 'nomato' sauce? I had to cut back on tomato a couple years ago and I'm trying to develop a substitute for pasta sauce or chili. I have gotten to 'tolerable,' but not to 'good.'

I use beet, carrot, onion, and garlic as the base. Comes out very earthy. Any idea how to brighten it up?

Thanks,
Posted by: Penultimatum at February 01, 2026 05:24 PM (1QSX/)

Ummm, why not try a roasted red pepper sauce for pasta? Normal onions/garlic sauteed, added in roasted red peppers and desired seasonings, blend with a little liquid..best blend is dairy, but you can choose what you like...serve.

PS - If you need acid, add a little balsamic - not sure if acid is the problems, or just tomatoes, so left it out.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 05:29 PM (tOcjL)

162 Glass of Cognac, warms the body and soul

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

163 RMBS, here is my plate.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:30 PM (0KSrI)

164 Ladies, I am hovering around 170, more or less. But I feel good for a beat-up guy like me.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 05:31 PM (LHPAg)

165 But it’s marketed as “healthy.”

And people think they are superior eating their fake meat fake cheese fake sour cream mexican food.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 04:58 PM (IhIKR)
==
Don't even get me started on turkey bacon - which health wise is one the worst foods on the planet. If I was czar I would strike it form the country, with capital punishment for anyone even attempting to make it.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 05:32 PM (UVyKP)

166 Eromero, another 10 pounds would be just fine.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:32 PM (0KSrI)

167 164 Ladies, I am hovering around 170, more or less. But I feel good for a beat-up guy like me.
Posted by: Eromero

But you’re 7 feet tall!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 05:32 PM (IhIKR)

168 Time to grill the smash burger. I trying thin sliced onions on the gridle before the beef placed on top before smashing today.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 01, 2026 05:33 PM (lpVer)

169 RMBS, here is my plate.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:30 PM

😄

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Wnv9h)

170 We just ate the last of the hash brown potatoes out of the garden, along with a fair bit of bacon and some good cheddar cheese. Imma have to walk 5 miles to work that off, but damn, anything cooked in bacon grease is heavenly.

Three Bears Maple Bacon for the win.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 01, 2026 05:35 PM (I40wl)

171 In fact, it is an even more flawed question, because the bacon in the photo is homemade bacon, made from a 4H pig, which was no doubt lovingly raised by a very motivated teenager.

/punchline

Pig like that you cant eat all at once.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 01, 2026 05:35 PM (gbOdA)

172 Need some side veg.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 05:37 PM (qFwJc)

173 I have made both salt pork and salt beef / corned beef using fatty chunks of meat and Morton Sugar-cure in sealed plastic pouches.
They need to be turned daily for about a week in the fridge like the home made bacon, and then rinsed and braised or stewed very slowly to keep them tender.
Even then they are salty so you really want to let the cut cool, and then simmer slices in water for a few minutes. It makes a wonderful sandwich meat, or any meal that a slice of ham or pastrami would do.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 05:37 PM (rbvCR)

174 People have been cooking rice for a millenium before refrigeration. Were they just tougher?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)

No, they just ate all they cooked.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 05:37 PM (sl73Y)

175 No, they just ate all they cooked.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 05:37 PM (sl73Y)

I told my wife about this, and she gave me a look. Then we decided if it hasn't killed her in the last 60 years, it isn't likely to kill her anytime soon.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 05:39 PM (rbvCR)

176 Water's boiling. Dumping in the spaghetti. Picked up a red blend from Portugal at Aldi's. I think it'll work. Bon appetit, y'all!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2026 05:39 PM (nbLIj)

177 Bourbon enthusiasts... try "Bedtime Bourbon"

It's (ack) distilled in TN. But is pretty good. And this is becoming a common practice with Bourbon... doing the mash in KY and then distilling (aging) it elsewhere.

Does it matter?

Maybe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 05:40 PM (jtM2q)

178 167 164 Ladies, I am hovering around 170, more or less. But I feel good for a beat-up guy like me.
Posted by: Eromero

But you’re 7 feet tall!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 05:32 PM (IhIKR)
No m'am, I am 5' 14".

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 05:42 PM (LHPAg)

179 > Recently picked up a bottle on sale for $99. That's not a terrible mark-up, but pushing my limits.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 01, 2026 05:15 PM (MZ+PY)
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Pappy Van Winkle laughs...

And laughs....

And laughs...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 05:44 PM (jtM2q)

180 Thing with vegans is they keep trying to eat things that taste like animal products. So, why not just eat what you want to taste? Why introduce all the chemicals and the processes? And then ponticficate on why your eating is better for the earth?

If you want to be vegan, eat grains and veggies and fruit. Stop being a faker. You still want meat and eggs and dairy. That’s why they go
To the lengths they do to fake it.

Sorry. They surround me here. And it’s infuriating.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 05:46 PM (IhIKR)

181 Pappy Van Winkle laughs...
And laughs....
And laughs...
Posted by: Martini Farmer

And then lights his pipe with a rolled-up hundo.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 05:46 PM (VHUov)

182 French dip sammiches with a bacon heavy potato salad for tomorrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:47 PM (0KSrI)

183 If Alien landed in China
_____________________

That was good. It, also, works for Japan. We had a Japanese guy in one of the offices we used to work in, and we were always messing with him at lunch (which he enjoyed emmensely). One day three of us waited for him to sit down at our usual lunch room table and we all pulled out fly swatters staring at his bag lunch. He never had anything questionable...but if you ever go to Japan, be prepared. Raw Chicken dishes, Pufferfish, Raw horsemeat, Disgusting fermented soy beans. You name it, they eat it.

Posted by: Orson at February 01, 2026 05:47 PM (dIske)

184 Sorry. They surround me here. And it’s infuriating.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 05:46 PM (IhIKR)

Share the joy of an omniverous diet with them!

Bring extra and offer it to them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 05:48 PM (n9ltV)

185 Sloppy Joe Cheesy Wrap for dinner!

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 05:49 PM (+1HQm)

186 Weasel, with a salad?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:50 PM (0KSrI)

187 Honey Butter Cornbread is a keeper!

That isn't the first cornbread recipe I've seen that calls for a can of cream-style corn. That seems odd. Cream-style corn is for making hotdish. (non-MN: casserole.)

But if CBD approves, it must work.

I usually make cornbread to go with some spicy chili or (sometimes) cajun food, so I almost always go with a sweet cornbread, for balance. I'll have to give this one a try sometime, rather than just using a box of Jiffy mix.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 05:51 PM (VHUov)

188 Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:50 PM (0KSrI)
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Sorry - over the sink with no plate or utensils.

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 05:52 PM (+1HQm)

189 172 Need some side veg.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 05:37 PM (qFwJc)

Whatever is in your veg drawer...take it out, chop it, toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Should work as a side for 95% of what you might have...I know b/c I gave this technique to someone and they used it on frozen corn...which was not my expectation...and they still loved it.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 05:52 PM (tOcjL)

190 For a very tasty meat that is budget friendly, it's hard to beat pork butt. From smoked pulled pork, to a surprisingly tasty pot roast, to yummy soups, to stir fry, it's hard to beat, especially given the fact that around these parts, there are often 2 for 1 sales, with the price winding up being well short of $2/lb.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 01, 2026 05:52 PM (jqHAs)

191 Delicious.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 01, 2026 05:53 PM (lpVer)

192 With a weeks notice people in Charlotte are already out of food after two snow days. Can't prepare but will pay 3 times the price for door dash. And cry about how broke they are.

Posted by: NCKate at February 01, 2026 05:53 PM (uQzkA)

193 Pappy Van Winkle laughs...
And laughs....
And laughs...
Posted by: Martini Farmer

And then lights his pipe with a rolled-up hundo.
Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 05:46 PM (VHUov)
==
Yes he does. The lesser years are ok - more hype. A Weller 12 is better than any comparable Pappy, by quite a bit actually.

But then you get to Pappy 15 - wonderful. I have 23 at home. Was very nice, well blended for the bite you get at that age. I've never had the 20, but I've been told its the best of all of them. Weller Antique 107 is probably my favorite sipping bourbon. Pricey just about anywhere.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 05:54 PM (UVyKP)

194 In our small Ohio town (not counting the 18,000 college kids and their lefty professors) we have a local butcher shop, family-owned for over 100 years. They raise cattle and hogs, have their own processing facility, and sub out the smoking of bacon to another outfit 20 miles away that does great work. We buy "pieces and ends" of plain and/or peppered bacon for half the cost of sliced bacon. Darling Ann has figured out how to prepare it easily, with no mess: cut bacon into bite-sized pieces at least 1/4" thick, place atop doubled paper towel atop several paper plates, cover with one more paper plate, and pop it in the microwave on high for four minutes. The result is perfectly-cooked bacon; the meat is not overcooked, and the fat will have a crisp outside and a delicious liquid inside (YMMV re duration on high). We already have plenty of bacon fat saved in a jar so we don't sweat what gets absorbed by the paper. Try nuking bacon and see for yourself. Every time we do, I'm reminded of the corollary to Benjamin Franklin's original: "Bacon is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy".

Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at February 01, 2026 05:54 PM (7JQoU)

195 AZ deplorable, you are a great cook. I would be honored to sit at your table any day.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:55 PM (0KSrI)

196 About to start the chili, even though we actually hit freezing outside for the first time in about a week and a half.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 05:56 PM (UVyKP)

197 >>>Show me the nipples on an almond or an oat, and I will accept them as real.

*********

Not going to happen. Almonds and oats lack those.

>Completely silly. I know, it's all about marketing. People have to do what they need to do for a healthy diet and life, but 'milk'?

Let me tell you about my cock...

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 05:56 PM (oT7pT)

198 OMG, home cured/smoked bacon is the BEST EVER! Getting a whole pork belly side (1/2 of the whole pork belly) Curing it with seasoning and Tenderquick (plus some bourbon and brown sugar), then low (~225-250 degees F) and slow (6-10 hours) is AMAZING!!!

Then you THICK SLICE IT!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at February 01, 2026 05:57 PM (7kJyR)

199 AZ deplorable, you are a great cook. I would be honored to sit at your table any day.
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you!
Any time!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 01, 2026 05:58 PM (lpVer)

200 My all time favorite bourbon was Elijah Craig 18 year old. They took it off the market years ago. I think to let it sit to become 25 year old or something. Anyway, I used to get it for $35 at our state (NH) liquor store. I tried to find a bottle on line about ten years ago and it was upwards of $300.

Posted by: sherlockzz at February 01, 2026 05:59 PM (fAOGR)

201 When I can finally travel I am going to sit in a lot of your kitchens and enjoy your cooking but my dear Weasel's house isn't on the list.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:59 PM (0KSrI)

202 201 When I can finally travel I am going to sit in a lot of your kitchens and enjoy your cooking but my dear Weasel's house isn't on the list.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:59 PM (0KSrI)

That's b/c he gonna be your traveling partner, right?

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 06:03 PM (tOcjL)

203 NoVa Local, I will cook for him.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:04 PM (0KSrI)

204 Tonight is Chicken Pineapple Fried Rice.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 06:04 PM (Y0HpA)

205 There IS a such thing as "bad bacon"-- I bought some a few years ago.

It was a brand I'd seen before, but wasn't familiar with, and was on sale at incredibly low price. Bought 2 packages & cooked up one right away.

Ugh! Too salty (and I love salt...) and not even a hint of smoky flavor. Blecch! Couldn't eat it or figure a use for it, but then thought maybe it was a one-off so cooked the other package. Same deal. Into the trash it went.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 06:05 PM (rdVOm)

206 Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 05:59 PM (0KSrI)
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We can get carry out!

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:05 PM (+1HQm)

207 I hope Seattle is on your list, Ben Had!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 06:05 PM (IhIKR)

208 nurse, most definitely. I am in awe of your sauces.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:06 PM (0KSrI)

209 Such a fun group. We should all get together some time.

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:08 PM (+1HQm)

210 That's it. Weasel just won the internets.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:09 PM (0KSrI)

211 Ben has a B-52?

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 06:10 PM (Ia/+0)

212 >>>When I can finally travel I am going to sit in a lot of your kitchens and enjoy your cooking but my dear Weasel's house isn't on the list.

Posted by: Ben Had

>>Chef Boyardee or Chef De Gooey isn't up to your standards?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 06:10 PM (oT7pT)

213 209 Such a fun group. We should all get together some time.
Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:08 PM (+1HQm)
'Too many cooks......'
-Aesop

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 06:11 PM (LHPAg)

214 I occasionally get a bottle of Peerless Double Oak Rye, 112ish proof, $140 a bottle. Spendy, but damn good. And hot.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 01, 2026 06:11 PM (etNEE)

215 Such a fun group. We should all get together some time.
Posted by: Weasel

Sounds like fun. TX in '26!!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 01, 2026 06:12 PM (lpVer)

216 AZ deplorable, it's a date !

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:14 PM (0KSrI)

217 FTSB: What a fitting tribute the Misanthropic part of me says. [Mis. Hum.]

This is ... disturbing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 06:19 PM (jc0TO)

218 Everybody in Brattleboro who be gets a unearned tax rebait check shoolds donate it two the Brattleboro Childrin of Coler Fund.

What has yew done to help childran of colar.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 01, 2026 06:20 PM (AzSs/)

219 Weller Antique 107 is probably my favorite sipping bourbon. Pricey just about anywhere.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 05:54 PM (UVyKP)

That is my holy grail of bourbon. I have never even seen a bottle!

I found a bottle of Weller 12 year in France last summer. It was pricey, but I couldn't resist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:23 PM (n9ltV)

220 CBD, hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:24 PM (0KSrI)

221
About a year ago I stumbled onto Ciabatta rolls at the local Meijers, which I toast, then use cheap Aldi ground sausage smashed down to 1/4" thick patties on a cast iron pan and put onto a thermonuclear outside grill burner, forgotten until the bloody mary is constructed, then remove, burnt, top with American cheese and sandwiched up.

Stupid simple, staggeringly scrumptious.

Posted by: Auspex at February 01, 2026 06:25 PM (Y8DZL)

222 Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:24 PM

Fwiw, that stew and polenta was damned good. I need to make rabbit in mustard sauce soon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:28 PM (Wnv9h)

223 What has yew done to help childran of colar.

I adopted one after helping her to walk again. She's eight years old and her name is Madison.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 06:29 PM (LHPAg)

224 RMBS, you need to do a rabbit in white wine and herbs de provence before that.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:30 PM (0KSrI)

225 AZ deplorable, it's a date !
Posted by: Ben Had

Sweet!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 01, 2026 06:31 PM (lpVer)

226 CBD, hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:24 PM (0KSrI)

Thank you young lady!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:32 PM (n9ltV)

227 CBD, hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Ben Had

Ditto, More chicken soup!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 01, 2026 06:32 PM (lpVer)

228 Yesterday was Phillip Haney Day.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 06:34 PM (LHPAg)

229 Ditto, More chicken soup!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 01, 2026 06:32 PM (lpVer)

I have some great chicken stock in the freezer. I might have to bring out the big guns!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:35 PM (n9ltV)

230 RMBS, you need to do a rabbit in white wine and herbs de provence before that.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:30 PM

That is delish. Especially with lots of rosemary, garlic cloves, and a just bit of Italian sausage.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:36 PM (Wnv9h)

231 Let me tell you, CBD is too kind. I have earned every wrinkle, ache and cantankerous attitude I have. I don't even see young in the rear view mirror

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:38 PM (0KSrI)

232 Costco's thick sliced bacon is great. I separate the slices on a cookie sheet and bake it in the oven at 400 degrees for about about 20 some minutes, turning it over halfway, then then store it in the fridge after it cools. When we need bacon we just warm it up in the microwave. Delicious!

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at February 01, 2026 06:39 PM (dyL4B)

233 CBD,
Get some pho.

That’ll cure what ails you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 06:39 PM (/eUJf)

234 RMBS, thank you. I never thought about adding the sausage.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:40 PM (0KSrI)

235 Pappy Van Winkle laughs...

And laughs....

And laughs...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 05:44 PM (jtM2q)

MSRP is around $70, so I don't feel hard done by, for Bottled in Bond, 100 proof, EF Taylor.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 01, 2026 06:42 PM (MZ+PY)

236 Get some pho.

That’ll cure what ails you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 06:39 PM (/eUJf)

There is a Ramen place in town....I might give it a shot tomorrow.

Sadly, our great Vietnamese restaurant closed, so no pho for me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:43 PM (n9ltV)

237 Bourbon is nice but Tequila is quicker!

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:44 PM (0KSrI)

238 RMBS, thank you. I never thought about adding the sausage.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:40 PM

Remove the casing and just crumble it up. Adds a nice touch.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:44 PM (Wnv9h)

239 Get some pho.

That’ll cure what ails you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 06:39 PM

Mmmm...pho.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:45 PM (Wnv9h)

240 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:43 PM (n9ltV)
-----
Stick mothballs up your nose.

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:46 PM (+1HQm)

241 187 Honey Butter Cornbread is a keeper!

That isn't the first cornbread recipe I've seen that calls for a can of cream-style corn. That seems odd. Cream-style corn is for making hotdish. (non-MN: casserole.)

But if CBD approves, it must work.

I usually make cornbread to go with some spicy chili or (sometimes) cajun food, so I almost always go with a sweet cornbread, for balance. I'll have to give this one a try sometime, rather than just using a box of Jiffy mix.
Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 05:51 PM (VHUov)
...........................

I have a Southern cookbook with cream style corn in Mexican Cornbread. I like it, at any rate. Used to make it with chili, but our son now makes what he likes (a sweeter cornbread aka "Yankee cornbread" to me). I like any cornbread, however.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 01, 2026 06:46 PM (WONhk)

242 I tend to stay with Buffalo Trace and Woodford Reserve bourbons. There’s a couple I’d like to try, but I’m not going $90 for anything that’s not single malt. In wheated whiskey, I like Bernheim Original. These are all under $35 a bottle where I live. Bulleit is good in both bourbon and rye.

Posted by: Advo at February 01, 2026 06:47 PM (jO4mz)

243 Weasel, hahahahaha.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:47 PM (0KSrI)

244 I have some great chicken stock in the freezer. I might have to bring out the big guns!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:35 PM (n9ltV)

I’ve seen you shoot. The chicken stock is safe.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Rmwng)

245 Stick mothballs up your nose.

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:46 PM (+1HQm)

That might work!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:48 PM (n9ltV)

246 Reheating the cassoulet from last night. Still a ton left over, I am doing another green salad and baguette with it. I will need to add some bone broth though as it really got thick in the fridge.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 06:49 PM (OoFl2)

247 I’ve seen you shoot. The chicken stock is safe.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Rmwng)

Not fair...I'll bet I could hit a chicken!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:49 PM (n9ltV)

248 Advo, try Whistlestop

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 06:49 PM (0KSrI)

249
If leaving rice out over night would kill you,

I probably should've died 30 or 40 times over.

...

Hey, maybe I am dead...and still commenting on this dang blog..

I'm in hell! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!111!!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 06:49 PM (iJfKG)

250
Not sure about creamed corn in corn bread.

Sounds like that would make your cornbread gooey.

So, no thank you.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 06:51 PM (iJfKG)

251 Piper. I’m jealous. Cat Soufflé is delicious.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 06:52 PM (Rmwng)

252 Not fair...I'll bet I could hit a chicken!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at

Not if it took flight.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 06:53 PM (IhIKR)

253 251 Piper. I’m jealous. Cat Soufflé is delicious.
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026

Sabi and Kovu are shocked!

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 06:54 PM (OoFl2)

254 Stick mothballs up your nose.
Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:46 PM

They're kinda tiny. Wouldn't they fall out?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:54 PM (Wnv9h)

255 Now a Russian movie, at least subtitles

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)

256
They're kinda tiny. Wouldn't they fall out?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:54 PM (Wnv9h)
----
Reckon that depends on nostril volume.

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:55 PM (+1HQm)

257 Sabi and Kovu are shocked!
Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 06:54 PM (OoFl2)

halfway to solving the hair on the couch problem!

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 06:56 PM (Rmwng)

258 Not fair...I'll bet I could hit a chicken!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:49 PM (n9ltV)
Phrasing.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 06:56 PM (LHPAg)

259 Reckon that depends on nostril volume.
Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:55 PM

Or quantity of balls, I suppose.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:57 PM (Wnv9h)

260 Or quantity of balls, I suppose.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:57 PM (Wnv9h)

or size of the moth!

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 06:58 PM (Rmwng)

261 >>> Huh. My wife was just going on about this. She claims that rice is particularly susceptible to food poisoning, which I find odd.

My husband is part Asian, and he's obsessed with the nasty bacteria that can grow on cooked rice if it's kept too long. We have to put it back in the fridge right away, and he will only eat some of it reheated the day after and that's it. Two days later? Forget it.

Luckily I have growing boys who think rice with soy sauce is a major food group, so they eat the rest pretty quick. And whatever is left I'll turn into fried rice for a fast lunch.

Also, washing rice before cooking is essential. He actually taught me how to "wash rice properly," when I'd already learned to do it from a Chinese friend, ha. But now I can cook it by eyeballing the water and don't have to measure.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 06:58 PM (gWBY1)

262 Boston vs Tampa stadium series and it's colder in Tampa right now than at my house in South Dakota!

Posted by: Archer at February 01, 2026 06:59 PM (YGRGv)

263 Reckon that depends on nostril volume.

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 06:55 PM (+1HQm)

I have a large nose...I might need magnum mothballs!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:59 PM (n9ltV)

264 or size of the moth!
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 06:58 PM

*Moth Man has entered the chat*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 06:59 PM (Wnv9h)

265 LizLem

I also rinse rice, at least three times, before cooking. I thought that was common knowledge until I met my future ex husband.

Rinse your rice, folks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 07:01 PM (IhIKR)

266 I have some great chicken stock in the freezer. I might have to bring out the big guns!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 06:35 PM (n9ltV)

I’ve seen you shoot. The chicken stock is safe.
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 06:47 PM

If by big gun he means a 1911 in .45 ACP, you might be correct. Shooting something in his preferred 9mm or less, he might have a chance.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 07:01 PM (0sNs1)

267 >>> 227 CBD, hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Ben Had
Ditto, More chicken soup!

If you need to mix it up, chicken stock or broth with frozen wontons from the Asian market, combined with green onions or chives. Boil the wontons in the broth and greens until it's hot and they are thawed and eat. Fast and good! I like adding spinach or bok choy. Really good soup for when sick.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 07:01 PM (gWBY1)

268 Not cooking tonight as on strike and tired.

Last week I made 2 pork loins from a new recipe that was good.

A spicy rub on the loins.Wrap those in bacon and brown on both sides. Then brush on a peach preserves and Dijon mustard sauce and bake.

I was proud of myself for actually cutting the loin's silver stuff off (as the recipe called for) as my dude napped. I dislike touching raw poultry or meat due to when I was a newlywed. I am no butcher. A baker and other things, yes.

My first problem in our marriage was when he brought home a whole chicken and expected me to cut it up vs stuffing it like a normal person. I cut it into unidentifiable pieces and he never asked me to do that again!

The second time involved our dog. I was pregnant and skinning chicken pieces. Threw the chicken skin in the garbage and she ate it right in front of me. I had to go into the backyard and take deep breaths to not harf...as I never harf, even when pregnant.

So if we hit end times you will not find me at a poultry processing plant nor as a butcher.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 01, 2026 07:06 PM (WONhk)

269 Rinse your rice, folks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 07:01 PM (IhIKR)

Ok! Will do!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 01, 2026 07:07 PM (WONhk)

270 Rigatoni with sausage for me.

Posted by: Archer at February 01, 2026 07:09 PM (YGRGv)

271 potroast

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 07:14 PM (rbvCR)

272 Thanks, Ben. I’ll look for it.

Posted by: Advo at February 01, 2026 07:15 PM (jO4mz)

273 Clear to the left, clear to the right, range is HOT!

Posted by: clarence at February 01, 2026 07:16 PM (6L3LN)

274 The earlier recipe for curing bacon, that used Tenderquik?
Don't. Has Cure #2 in it. Don't need it for bacon.
#2 is for long term sausages & whatnot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvCFEgLZGc

Posted by: MkY at February 01, 2026 07:29 PM (q6tQZ)

275 I'm making Julia Child's French onion soup. Even the daughter who hates onions likes it. Just mixed a sidecar since now I have all this cognac. Any other suggestions?

Posted by: pjungwir at February 01, 2026 07:33 PM (noE7F)

276 Rinse your rice, folks.
Posted by: nurse ratched

How can you not rinse rice? Unless you want rice porridge.....

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 07:53 PM (VHUov)

277 Boo-nanas and rice!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 07:59 PM (oT7pT)

278 If you’ve never tried Conecuh Bacon or sausage, I highly recommend it. Hard to find except in LA (Lower Alabama, not the land of fruits & nuts).
Bacon, smoked sausage, sausage patties, as well as linked sausage are superb, as is anything under the Conecuh label.

Posted by: Optimus Maximus at February 01, 2026 08:52 PM (Wt/gy)

279 Bourbon and bacon…now that’s a combination I could love…add a cigar and a nice little fire in the fire pit and you are home free. Lots of excellent bourbons out there that won’t break the bank so go for it.

Posted by: rocdoctom at February 01, 2026 09:58 PM (KfjUj)

First World Problems...

For some unfathomable, deeply anti-freedom reason, lip balm tubes always advance the lip balm into the top while resting in my pocket, rather than it being a random thing...sometimes advancing and sometimes retracting. And of course the balm nestles into the top and then breaks off from the rest, and there we have it...the crisis of the lip. Should I use my little finger to try to dig it out? Advance the remaining balm in hopes that it will adhere to the separated balm and then...impossibly...retract whole back into the body of the dispenser?

It is obviously a vast conspiracy between Big Lip and Big Balm, and the engineers who designed this one-way screw mechanism should be arrested, tried, and executed.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 hello

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 02:00 PM (Rmwng)

2 1

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Or 2nd

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Pro tip: don't carry in pocket @ 105 F.

Or anywhere in S Texas, Feb - Dec...

Posted by: man at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (XuXeR)

5 Pro Tip: Carmex

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (RIvkX)

6 Willowed from the end of the last thread:

The concern about assimilation in the US is a bit misplaced. Democrats were writing about replacement theory back in the 50s and it ramped up after LBJ solidified the black vote with the great society. The hispanics wiped that out. Hispanics in fact are assimilating rapidly, and they hate the illegal immigration as much as we do. Their kids and grand kids increasingly do not even speak Spanish.

The dot Indians will be forced to give up their clannish ways because the CRA of 64 makes their business practices illegal. That is starting to happen now.

The real issue is Islam. We are going to struggle with that issue. Islam is incompatible with the West, and the US in particular. They will not assimilate. They are going to have to be aggressively managed. And all immigration from Muslim majority countries needs to be ended.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (UVyKP)

7 May need to consider an alternative theme to first world problems. The recent examples have become so heartbreaking it is difficult to read through the text without breaking into tears.

Your afflictions only mount. Never diminish.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (Rmwng)

8 Yeah, ain't much you can do except have a few rolls handy.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

9 "Advance the remaining balm in hopes that it will adhere to the separated balm and then...impossibly...retract whole back into the body of the dispenser?"

That doesn't work. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Tuna at February 01, 2026 02:03 PM (lJ0H4)

10 At least the cap stayed on, CBD.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 02:03 PM (rdVOm)

11 *pouts*

Posted by: The Cleansing Fire at February 01, 2026 02:04 PM (jc0TO)

12 I don't want to hear about it unless you've run it through the washer and dryer. Then we can talk.

Posted by: bluebell at February 01, 2026 02:06 PM (79pEw)

13 Dude. You’re a retard.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM (T+5zb)

14 The recent examples have become so heartbreaking it is difficult to read through the text without breaking into tears.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (Rmwng)

The struggle is real!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM (n9ltV)

15 Blistex in a tube.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM (w6EFb)

16 12 I don't want to hear about it unless you've run it through the washer and dryer. Then we can talk.
Posted by: bluebell

You mean the red cherry flavored one that melts and stains everyrhing in the dryer?

Nope. Never done that. /s

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 02:08 PM (T+5zb)

17 Big Lip?

Posted by: Nazdar at February 01, 2026 02:08 PM (NcvvS)

18 "Chap-Stick" was less likely to break off; it was a harder substance than other brands.

Of course, unless it was warmed (not in your coat pocket after you've been outdoors in freezing weather for an hour) it was like rubbing a candle on your lips. Useless.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 02:09 PM (rdVOm)

19 Lip balm. I've never used it. Observationally, it seems addictive.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 02:10 PM (sl73Y)

20 Maybe use the kind that is more liquid and not wax. Then it doesn’t go anywhere.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:10 PM (pZEOD)

21 should be arrested, tried, and executed

why complicate it with trials? straight to execution following arrest is the better method Mr. Brown

Posted by: DanMan at February 01, 2026 02:10 PM (8uzBS)

22 You're carrying your lip balm too close to your old-man, saggy scrotum where it gets over heated to a point that is beyond the parameters of a lip balm delivery tube.

Try placing the lip balm in your shirt pocket over your moob.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 02:11 PM (oT7pT)

23 Lip moisturizers little application brushes and tint.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 01, 2026 02:12 PM (NFX2v)

24 Burt's Bees, Coconut and Pear, FTW ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at February 01, 2026 02:13 PM (3ZUWJ)

25 Lip balm tube needs a parking brake. Build it and they will come.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 02:13 PM (LHPAg)

26 Dude. You’re a retard.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM (T+5zb)

Was this directed to anyone in particular, or just a sweeping characterization of the entire readership? Not saying it is not accurate.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 02:14 PM (Rmwng)

27 This is part of the reason I switched to Carmex and Blistex squeeze tubes.

Of course, you can use chapstick as a firestarter too, so it still has uses.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 01, 2026 02:14 PM (xcxpd)

28 Dude. You’re a retard.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM (T+5zb)

You mean the red cherry flavored one that melts and stains everyrhing in the dryer?

Nope. Never done that. /s

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 02:08 PM (T+5zb)

Hello "Pot."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 02:15 PM (n9ltV)

29 Fidgeting with your balls all the time with lip balm in your pocket does that. Pump the brakes on the pocket pool.

Posted by: JROD at February 01, 2026 02:15 PM (LEz2V)

30 I had chapped lips for the first time in my life yesterday, and that's a long time.

Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 02:15 PM (vHpfQ)

31 and they hate the illegal immigration as much as we do"

More. Now enquire about relations with the "black" community...

Posted by: man at February 01, 2026 02:15 PM (XuXeR)

32 I get lip balm in a little squeeze tube with a snap on cap. Great until the cap comes off in your pocket.

Posted by: Bob at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM (8fcNE)

33 Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 02:11 PM (oT7pT)

Ouch!

[and funny!]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM (n9ltV)

34 all immigration from Muslim majority countries needs to be ended.

There is iron in your words.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Kt19C)

35 My first world problem is I have been given the green light for a new couch. Prior to this I saw so many that I liked and now suddenly…nothing is appealing to me. I really thought I wanted green velvet. But I have this white Shiba Inu. 😄

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM (p4NUW)

36 19 Lip balm. I've never used it. Observationally, it seems addictive.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 02:10 PM (sl73Y

Yep. I haven't had any cracks or chapping since I stopped using it.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 01, 2026 02:17 PM (FMtrg)

37 35 My first world problem is I have been given the green light for a new couch. Prior to this I saw so many that I liked and now suddenly…nothing is appealing to me. I really thought I wanted green velvet. But I have this white Shiba Inu. 😄
Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM (p4NUW)

If you have shedders, go leather or get ready to clean even more

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 01, 2026 02:17 PM (xcxpd)

38 Blistex in a tube."

Eli's cat oil...

Posted by: man at February 01, 2026 02:18 PM (XuXeR)

39 The thin round tins work better.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 01, 2026 02:18 PM (3uBP9)

40 My grandpa taught me to use motor oil on my lips.
Chapsticks is for pussies.

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2026 02:18 PM (vFG9F)

41 My grandpa taught me to use motor oil on my lips."

Delvac

Posted by: man at February 01, 2026 02:19 PM (XuXeR)

42
If you have shedders, go leather or get ready to clean even more
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 01, 2026 02:17 PM (xcxpd

I also have 2 Savannah Cats. They will destroy leather in a nanosecond. Concrete may be an option to consider.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:19 PM (p4NUW)

43 My first world problem is I have been given the green light for a new couch. Prior to this I saw so many that I liked and now suddenly…nothing is appealing to me. I really thought I wanted green velvet. But I have this white Shiba Inu. 😄
Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM

There's a one with a free sign on it on the side of South Section Street.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 02:21 PM (jc0TO)

44 >>>Ouch!

[and funny!]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

>I come here for the laughs and current affairs and media updates. You COBs do great work.

Cheers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 02:21 PM (oT7pT)

45 43 My first world problem is I have been given the green light for a new couch. Prior to this I saw so many that I liked and now suddenly…nothing is appealing to me. I really thought I wanted green velvet. But I have this white Shiba Inu. 😄
Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM

There's a one with a free sign on it on the side of South Section Street.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 02:21

Perfect. lol.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:21 PM (p4NUW)

46 15 Blistex in a tube.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM (w6EFb)
This is the way. I carry it because I get dehydrated.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 02:21 PM (LHPAg)

47 Was this directed to anyone in particular, or just a sweeping characterization of the entire readership? Not saying it is not accurate.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2026 02:14 PM (Rmwng)

Well a moron can be considered a retard, I guess. Never hear about cretins.

Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 02:22 PM (vHpfQ)

48 My problem is its 23 degrees and not getting warmer until Tuesday

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:22 PM (Ia/+0)

49 Concrete may be an option to consider.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:19 PM (p4NUW)

There are some amazing concrete finishes available. I had my garage floor done, and it looks spectacular, and wears wonderfully.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 02:22 PM (n9ltV)

50 Try O'Keeff's. Beyter balm, doesn't do that.

Posted by: iamfelix at February 01, 2026 02:22 PM (9krkJ)

51 Dude. You’re a retard.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM

CBD, you have disappointed nurse.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 02:22 PM (Wnv9h)

52 Burt’s Bees or Bag Balm.Lanolin is great stuff.
My FWP is the only orthopedic Dr’s who take our insurance are in Manhattan.

Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 02:22 PM (S8ZfB)

53 Looks like we have another 'Judge' Duggan, this time in NY

https://tinyurl.com/puywvmwj

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at February 01, 2026 02:22 PM (zQwXC)

54 flies in the vaseline we are.

Posted by: DaveA at February 01, 2026 02:23 PM (FhXTo)

55 Try O'Keeffe's. Better balm, doesn't do that.

Ignore previous misspelling.

Posted by: iamfelix at February 01, 2026 02:23 PM (9krkJ)

56 Um... Ladies who keep chapstick in their purses don't have this problem.

*ducks and runs*

Posted by: pookysgirl, keeping Lil Pooky from raiding her wallet at February 01, 2026 02:25 PM (Wt5PA)

57 Speaking of, I just found a very old tin of burt's bees. No date but some of it had started turning brown. Like any normal man, I've tried it anyway to see what happens. 25% chance I die. 71% chance nothing happens except my lips are nicely moisturized. 4% chance I obtain super mutant bee powers.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 01, 2026 02:25 PM (3uBP9)

58 I considered whether to pick up the free couch for the barn but I decided against it.

I did pick up a bathtub on that block where someone was doing renevations. That is going to be my tomato pot this year.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 02:27 PM (jc0TO)

59 Remembering to put it and sunscreen on in the winter is my pale person problem.

Meanwhile 2 coyotes just wandered thru the neighborhood. Literally walking distance to the Lincoln Highway Ideal Section.

Posted by: DaveA at February 01, 2026 02:27 PM (FhXTo)

60 We probably all need to just kill ourselves and salt the earth to stop these kinds of tragedies from ever existing in the universe again.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at February 01, 2026 02:28 PM (ERYKL)

61 Super Bee Powers would be awesome
Not sure want to travel around in yellow and black, but flying would be fun

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

62 Look, there's an easy solution to the lip balm thing. Start kissing sweaty women. They might not fit in your pocket, but they're pretty common. If, for some bizarre reason, you can't find one, just steal some woman's purse....they'll chase you, get a little sweaty, problem solved.

(still working out the kinks on this one. If you get sent to prison, you might really have a problem. That's a personal choice, but chapped lips will be the least of your worries, so it kind of works itself out).

Posted by: Orson at February 01, 2026 02:31 PM (dIske)

63 49 Concrete may be an option to consider.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:19 PM (p4NUW)

There are some amazing concrete finishes available. I had my garage floor done, and it looks spectacular, and wears wonderfully.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01

This probably also counts as first world, but we are going to redo the concrete around the pool in a better finish. We are going to be using a finish that is cooling so you don’t burn the soles of your feet off. Stay tuned over the summer for the effectiveness of it.

Posted by: Piper at February 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Wmg4n)

64 Third World Problems are boring.
Hunger
Thirst
Shelter
Disease

There's nothing there about like self-actualization.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 02:33 PM (RIvkX)

65 54 flies in the vaseline we are.
Posted by: DaveA at February 01, 2026 02:23 PM (FhXTo)

Sometimes it blows my mind...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 01, 2026 02:33 PM (xcxpd)

66 Um... Ladies who keep chapstick in their purses don't have this problem.

*ducks and runs*
Posted by: pookysgirl, keeping Lil Pooky from raiding her wallet at February 01, 2026 02:25 PM

So Ace and garrett are ok, then?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Wnv9h)

67 Chap Stick in a metal tube with an element at the bottom that had to be physically pushed to expose the balm. - > Don't push too hard.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:34 PM (c35xG)

68 Splurge.. Get a new tube... Problem solved

Posted by: It's me donna at February 01, 2026 02:37 PM (VE6XX)

69 38 Blistex in a tube."

Eli's cat oil...
Posted by: man at February 01, 2026 02:18 PM (XuXeR)

it works but nobody wants to buy it

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 01, 2026 02:37 PM (xcxpd)

70 Try O'Keeffe's. Better balm, doesn't do that.
Posted by: iamfelix

Does it make your lips look like.....

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 02:38 PM (VHUov)

71 Eli's cat oil...
Posted by: man

Hasn't been the same since they stopped using real cat.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 02:38 PM (VHUov)

72 Try my bees.

Posted by: Burt's at February 01, 2026 02:39 PM (2Ez/1)

73 34 all immigration from Muslim majority countries needs to be ended.

There is iron in your words.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Kt19C)
---

We allow the one's committed to killing us, that are here, stay here?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:39 PM (c35xG)

74 Bag Balm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:42 PM (c35xG)

75 I did pick up a bathtub on that block where someone was doing renevations.

vacationing in Southern Cali years ago...we had a place at the a Jolla Beach and Tennis Club for a week or so. Cruising around DanMa'am spots a complete aqua toilet sitting at the curb and wants in order to compliment one she has full of flowers in a flowerbed by the pool at home in Houston. Drive around for several days with it in the Blazer so nobody knows we have an aqua toilet in tow.

Comes time to leave and having to pack...kids...stuff...tie aqua toilet to top of Blazer and drive to Houston. Yeah, that was us.

Posted by: DanMan at February 01, 2026 02:42 PM (8uzBS)

76 Don't crotch tuck your lip balm.
Problem solved.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 02:43 PM (/lPRQ)

77 Ya know, Real Men just let their lips chap and blister and live through the pain without whining.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 02:43 PM (2WIwB)

78 Maybe use the kind that is more liquid and not wax. Then it doesn’t go anywhere.

My favorite part about the FWP thread is that people actually try to solve it.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 02:43 PM (91IfI)

79 Two FWP's for the price of one:

Snow, ice and a gravel driveway. Our state road crews saw fit to deposit about 2 1/2 feet of all that snow and ice at the foot of my driveway. Clearing it this afternoon was a royal pain in the ass.

Oh... and they took out my mailbox too.

But the road's clear... 🙄

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 02:43 PM (jtM2q)

80 Watching a Japanese movie in Japanese, no subtitles

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:45 PM (Ia/+0)

81 Why'd you use the balm? I told you not to use the balm!

Posted by: Jackie Chiles Esq. at February 01, 2026 02:46 PM (JkO4W)

82 I always clear my driveway and road portion past mailbox by some feet.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:47 PM (Ia/+0)

83 Pro Tip: Carmex
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (RIvkX)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

84 65 54 flies in the vaseline we are.
Posted by: DaveA at February 01, 2026 02:23 PM (FhXTo)

Sometimes it blows my mind...
----
Keep getting stuck here all the time...

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Wnqw0)

85 I don't know about you but my spouse demands unchapped smackers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 02:48 PM (RIvkX)

86 Well, they're all movie threads.

Hemmingway's short story The Killers was mentioned on the book thread. The Burt Lancaster movie (his first) may be the best "opened up" short story movie ever.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 02:49 PM (J+Psw)

87 82 I always clear my driveway and road portion past mailbox by some feet.
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:47 PM (Ia/+0)

---------

I just finished a cleaning and complete de-algification of my birdbath.

So there.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 01, 2026 02:50 PM (JkO4W)

88 The problem is always had with the blistex tubes (and similar) is that i do not use enough to go through a tube quickly so it sits in the pocket a long time. Over a very long time, a puncture will appear in the side of the tube and make a mess.

Carmex is the way. I have one that is at least 5 years old.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

89 Waste no time! Contact a proper make-up artiste and have a consult about corrective action(-s). I hear Sally Beauty's pretty good …

Posted by: Dr_No at February 01, 2026 02:51 PM (ayRl+)

90 80 Watching a Japanese movie in Japanese, no subtitles

---------

Were they surprised when America brought 17 fleet carriers to the Battle of the Philippine Sea?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 01, 2026 02:52 PM (JkO4W)

91 Watching a Japanese movie in Japanese, no subtitles
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:45 PM (Ia/+0)

That's a problem if it's a psychological thriller set in modern Tokyo that uses metaphor to explore the complexities of social interactions between the classes.

If it's a Godzilla or classic Samurai movie, no problem.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 02:52 PM (4mmkh)

92 microwave it for 10 sec. then put it in the fridge before you take the cap off again.

Posted by: susan harms at February 01, 2026 02:54 PM (Kkd7F)

93 "microwave it for 10 sec. then put it in the fridge before you take the cap off again"

great idea! But keep it verticle.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 02:57 PM (qFwJc)

94 My favorite part about the FWP thread is that people actually try to solve it.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 01, 2026 02:43 PM (91IfI)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 02:57 PM (n9ltV)

95 Quit kissing bad girls and you won't need lip medicine.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 02:57 PM (2WIwB)

96 Burn the house down, buy new chapstick, then build a new house.

Prudent.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 02:58 PM (2pORR)

97 Melt it and remold into the shape of a fingertip.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 02:58 PM (RIvkX)

98 77 Ya know, Real Men just let their lips chap and blister and live through the pain without whining.
Posted by: Diogenes

Eeew. No smooches for you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 02:59 PM (IhIKR)

99 A WWII movie, started out watching a battleship get bombed then sunk by Navy, lots of ship models in front of high officers and talking now for awhile.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:59 PM (Ia/+0)

100 Quit kissing bad girls and you won't need lip medicine.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 02:57 PM (2WIwB)

From what I remember of girls of a certain age, lip gloss must have had cocaine in it- or heroin.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 02:59 PM (zZu0s)

101 Bag Balm
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Can't sem to find anything snarky about Bag Balm.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 03:00 PM (/lPRQ)

102 I currently have a split lip. This only happens this time of the year when the Winter air is so dry. Yes. It sucks. Carmex is crap. Chapstick is okay, but I must use it generously.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 03:01 PM (qFwJc)

103 My FWP is that I have so much cooked food in the freezer that I haven't needed to go to grocery store for anything but milk, eggs, butter, bread and fresh vegetables for months. Gotta clear out the freezers and the canned goods in the pantry.

It's a counter pandemic.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 03:02 PM (oT7pT)

104 Can't sem to find anything snarky about Bag Balm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

It's a head scratcher.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 03:02 PM (2pORR)

105 Btw, vaseline at bedtime is great.

Okay you horndogs, KY jelly is better for other things.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 03:02 PM (qFwJc)

106 Ted Lieu's political philosophy.

Ted Lieu
@tedlieu
Two criteria I will use in deciding which Democratic presidential candidate to support are the following:

1. Must restore White House to 2024 structure.

2. Must commit to public ceremonies, with fireworks, removing Trump’s name from every federal building.

I’m not kidding.

-
Well, give me end affirmative action/DEI, end welfare, de-export the illegal aliens the hell out of here, impeach and remove a shit load of judges, and indict, convict, and imprison a shit load of politicians and I can live with fireworks and renaming stuff.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 03:03 PM (J+Psw)

107
I don't keep lip balm or any other semi-solid or liquid item in my pocket. Sooner or later they'll always leak.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 01, 2026 03:04 PM (VWtfl)

108 Kentucky Jelly?

I always just get smuckers grape jam.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

109 My FWP:
I just bought a new iPhone for Xmas. I figure it's the last phone I'll ever own. Less than 2 months and already 2 software upgrades. You gotta be kidding me??? Bug fixes??? How long have they been making these things and there are still bugs in the software?
Unsat!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 03:05 PM (2WIwB)

110 Can't seem to find anything snarky about Bag Balm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 03:00 PM (/lPRQ)

Something... something... didn't know he could buy it at the farm supply store... something... he got caught in a compromising position with a dairy cow...

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 03:05 PM (4mmkh)

111 at bedtime.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 03:06 PM (qFwJc)

112 Yeah. I could have had windows 7 forever and been happy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 03:06 PM (zZu0s)

113 Kentucky Jelly?

Never heard of that.

LOL Love the jokes.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 03:07 PM (qFwJc)

114 Something... something... didn't know he could buy it at the farm supply store... something... he got caught in a compromising position with a dairy cow...
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Milking the bull.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 03:07 PM (2pORR)

115 I still have Windows 7 and I am very, very happy.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 03:08 PM (qFwJc)

116 GREAT quote for frankly everyone- not just Christians.

“But here’s the truth: It isn’t Christlike to be gullible. It isn’t Christlike to believe and share debunked propaganda. It isn’t Christlike to be led by your emotions. It isn’t Christlike to outsource your critical thinking skills to the left-wing activists in the media.”

Via Insty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)

117 Eeew. No smooches for you!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 02:59 PM (IhIKR)

I'll just turn the other cheek.
;-)

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 03:09 PM (2WIwB)

118 “But here’s the truth: It isn’t Christlike to be gullible. It isn’t Christlike to believe and share debunked propaganda. It isn’t Christlike to be led by your emotions. It isn’t Christlike to outsource your critical thinking skills to the left-wing activists in the media.”

-
Should have been included in the Sermon on the Mount. May need to reword it a bit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 03:12 PM (J+Psw)

119 Have your lips removed. A lipectomy.

Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 03:14 PM (1S3fY)

120 This year, Intuit's TurboTax software for Windows requires you to use Windows 11. I have a laptop with Win11 on it, but I haven't used it much. I've been using TurboTax forever, but the 25% of terrible reviews for it on Amazon made me reconsider.

I tried the H&R Block software this year. It worked with Windows 10 on my old desktop, imported my old TurboTax files with no problem, and was pretty easy to download. It was cheaper, too.

My tax situation is on the simple side. I ran my stuff through it with no problem. I haven't hit the "Send" button yet, but so far it looks good. Stuff it, TurboTax!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 03:18 PM (4mmkh)

121 Big Demo in Italy - Meloni goes after anti-fa and fellow travelers. 100 cops hospitalized.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:20 PM (c35xG)

122 109 My FWP:
I just bought a new iPhone for Xmas. I figure it's the last phone I'll ever own. Less than 2 months and already 2 software upgrades. You gotta be kidding me??? Bug fixes??? How long have they been making these things and there are still bugs in the software?
Unsat!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 03:05 PM (2WIwB)

Those are rooking numbers.

Posted by: Adobe Flash at February 01, 2026 03:21 PM (VKpk6)

123 Your afflictions only mount. Never diminish.

Cumulative. Irreversible. If that’s your point of view. It’s an old Jedi proverb. :-/

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 01, 2026 03:21 PM (XA/ku)

124 For safety and security, update "rooking" to "rookie."

Posted by: Adobe Flash at February 01, 2026 03:22 PM (VKpk6)

125 Have your lips removed. A lipectomy.
Posted by: Weasel at February 01, 2026 03:14 PM (1S3fY)

Howm I supposed to whistle at a pretty girl, Weasel?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 03:22 PM (zZu0s)

126 Solution to lip balm problem: ride a horse and kiss it right under the tail when your lips start feeling chapped.

It'll keep you from licking your lips!

/Just the punchline

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at February 01, 2026 03:23 PM (UOUDY)

127 You put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on. Why'd you put the balm on? You haven't even been to see the doctor. If you're gonna put a balm on, let a doctor put a balm on.

Posted by: Jackie Chiles at February 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2Ez/1)

128 Seeing at Legalinsurrection.com Long Beach candidate wants gang members to keep out ICE

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 03:24 PM (Ia/+0)

129 For safety and security, update "rooking" to "rookie."
Posted by: Adobe Flash at February 01, 2026 03:22 PM (VKpk6)

Ha!
A bug fix!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 03:25 PM (2WIwB)

130 103 My FWP is that I have so much cooked food in the freezer that I haven't needed to go to grocery store for anything but milk, eggs, butter, bread and fresh vegetables for months. Gotta clear out the freezers and the canned goods in the pantry.

It's a counter pandemic.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 03:02 PM (oT7pT)

Host a potluck, but invite the folks who never bring food and only bring wine...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 01, 2026 03:26 PM (tOcjL)

131 I still remember the first time I bought Burt's Bees lip balm. It looked sorta pink, but I figured it would go on clear like Chapstick. It wasn't until some hours later I noticed in a mirror it looked like > was wearing pink lip gloss. I was working in San Francisco at the time, so I guess nobody thought to comment on it.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 01, 2026 03:26 PM (36PRH)

132 It's atomic balm.

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at February 01, 2026 03:29 PM (Cqx++)

133 > lip balm tubes always advance the lip balm into the top while resting in my pocket
----

you should probably just get new pants

Posted by: Don Black at February 01, 2026 03:30 PM (ZxPkt)

134 Real Men put wheel bearing grease on their lips.

Posted by: Auto Autist at February 01, 2026 03:31 PM (oftw2)

135 I had no idea Bag Balm referenced cows.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at February 01, 2026 03:34 PM (oftw2)

136 "A balm?!!!

Well get it out of here before it explodes!"

Posted by: Brian's Mother at February 01, 2026 03:35 PM (Wnv9h)

137 I was working in San Francisco at the time, so I guess nobody thought to comment on it.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 03:35 PM (D+BhG)

138 >>>Real Men put wheel bearing grease on their lips.

Posted by: Auto Autist

>When you're kissing ass at the job site, a nice high-pressure lithium grease is readily available.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 03:38 PM (oT7pT)

139 Protip:

Duck Fat > Lip Balm

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 01, 2026 03:39 PM (XV/Pl)

140 73 34 all immigration from Muslim majority countries needs to be ended.

There is iron in your words.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Kt19C)
---

We allow the one's committed to killing us, that are here, stay here?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:39 PM (c35xG)
==
Yeah that's the hard part I mentioned. All sorts of stuff about "religion" in the Constitution and while I don't believe Islam is a religion as we see it, I doubt the law would comply. It would require heavy rules about penalties for adopting any part of sharia law in conflict with US laws and making illegal any attempt to codify it in US law. Essentially, assimilate or we are going to make it difficult for you. Not ideal.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 03:41 PM (UVyKP)

141 Yeah great, Tom Cole (R-OK) reinstated funding for the shadowy Community Relations Service of the DOJ.

Republicans, what is the point of you?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 04:47 PM

My FWP.

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at February 01, 2026 03:42 PM (jc0TO)

142 When reloading ammunition, I've tried using Bag Balm as a case lubricant for resizing. It works great, which isn't surprising as the main ingredients in it are petroleum jelly and lanolin. It is also considerably cheaper than some other purpose-made lubes.

So now, not only is my brass easily sized, it is no longer rough and chapped.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 01, 2026 03:42 PM (4mmkh)

143 Totally OT, but we're past 100 and maybe everybody's balmed out

Bruce Springsteen keeps threatening to release songs until deportations stop. Babylon Bee:

https://tinyurl.com/yww676t2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 03:42 PM (D+BhG)

144 I just bought a new iPhone for Xmas. I figure it's the last phone I'll ever own. Less than 2 months and already 2 software upgrades. You gotta be kidding me??? Bug fixes??? How long have they been making these things and there are still bugs in the software?
Unsat!
Posted by: Diogenes
---

Ha, ha, you thought because it was ios it was solid.
hahaha. However, the many updates will not foul up your phone as does microsnot/alphabet, they will merely be IRRITATING.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:43 PM (c35xG)

145 I drove by an anti ice protest. Is this a thing today? I thought they had the big protests on Friday.

About 100 people with signs. The whitest group of people you’ll ever see in the city. The pro diversity crowd isn’t t very diverse. 🤣

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 03:43 PM (qpQFJ)

146 Howm I supposed to whistle at a pretty girl

Fart.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 03:43 PM (Kt19C)

147 considerably cheaper than some other purpose-made lubes.

But secks?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 03:45 PM (Kt19C)

148
Bruce Springsteen keeps threatening to release songs until deportations stop. Babylon Bee:

John Candy did a skit on SCTV in which he and Dick Gregory were going to eat continuously until there was peace in the Middle East.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Cqx++)

149 Quit kissing bad girls and you won't need lip medicine.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2026 02:57 PM (2WIwB)

Stay away from Melinda Gates, she got pox that Russians are afraid of.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 03:47 PM (rbvCR)

150 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Cqx++)

Funny. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 03:47 PM (D+BhG)

151 Steve Bannon played the Bruce Stringbean Minneapolis song as into and outro music for two days to gaslight his viewers. I think he finally promised to stop.

Posted by: Bruce Hater at February 01, 2026 03:47 PM (oftw2)

152 The only fix is to place it in your shirt pocket.

Posted by: OldSarg at February 01, 2026 03:50 PM (H/oSt)

153 About 100 people with signs. The whitest group of people you’ll ever see in the city. The pro diversity crowd isn’t t very diverse. 🤣

Posted by: Really??
---

MN brown and down stay away from ICE.

- > some dem Somalis be singin' "gwan n home, gwan n home".

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:51 PM (c35xG)

154 That's really absurd the Somalis have no affiliation with Southern Blacks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:52 PM (c35xG)

155 https://youtu.be/Q11yGIYfqnY?si=saIEGhB5cv8k4nx-

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 01, 2026 03:52 PM (jrgJz)

156
Pro Tip: Carmex
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (RIvkX)

This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

Werd. That stuff was a lifesaver when I was an infantryman in Alaska. One of my fonder memories of miliary male bonding is pulling out a jar of Carmex and passing it around the squad while on a field problem, standing on the tundra at about 20 below.

The only problem with it now is that they changed over from the porcelain jar to a plastic jar.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2026 03:53 PM (y9nCu)

157
Very accurate representation of the state of Minnesota:

https://tinyurl.com/4kx9bwh6

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 03:53 PM (iJfKG)

158 FWP: The problem is you're using Chap Stick. Use Blistek instead. Problem solved.

Posted by: IrishEi at February 01, 2026 03:53 PM (3ImbR)

159 My lips are too delicate for harsh things like Carmex and Blistex.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:56 PM (c35xG)

160 I remember Suzy Chapstick? Do you?

Posted by: Bruce Hater at February 01, 2026 03:57 PM (oftw2)

161 Can't sem to find anything snarky about Bag Balm.

Not snark, but an observation: those who recommend something like Bag Balm are probably women, or at least carry things in a bag or purse. The smallest Bag Balm I’ve seen is a smallish cube: it’s not that big, but won’t fit comfortably in a pocket the way a man would carry it. Same thing for lip balm that comes in a small spherical container: it’s fine for women that carry things in a bag but doesn’t work for a man who carries things in his pockets.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 01, 2026 03:58 PM (NG46o)

162 it’s fine for women that carry things in a bag but doesn’t work for a man who carries things in his pockets.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 01, 2026 03:58 PM (NG46o)

I carry mine in my heavy coat pocket- when I am wearing the coat is the only time I need the lip stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 01, 2026 03:59 PM (zZu0s)

163 FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

164 Good news. We have officially got above freezing today! Yes sir, 33 degrees. It will only last a couple of hours, then I can start bitching again.

Posted by: Case at February 01, 2026 04:04 PM (E7+ue)

165 Today was the first time I wore an overcoat in years (I live in south Georgia, and we have snow). So I don’t usually wear a coat with largish pockets. I do like the small flat cylinder that Carmex comes in, that can go in a smaller pocket. Also, you can get all of the balm out without wasting any. Even when it works right, the long narrow Chapstick-type cylinder leaves some balm in the cylinder which is hard to dig out.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 01, 2026 04:08 PM (NG46o)

166 @13 Nurse...exactly what I was thinking. Plus, what's this about not retracting? I have a bunch of these things, and they all retract just fine. I know CBS's posts are meant tongue in cheek, but come on dude.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 01, 2026 04:08 PM (XMwZJ)

167 Proper use is to screw it back into the tube after applying.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 04:12 PM (c35xG)

168 ....wait til they get a load of me.

Posted by: stick deodorant at February 01, 2026 04:40 PM (5LiC7)

169 A little late for recommendations but here it is -
Tiger Balm.
Get the real deal at asian markets.
You'll need regular lip balm again.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 04:55 PM (/lPRQ)

170 132 It's atomic balm.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton at February 01, 2026 03:29 PM (Cqx++)

Back in the day, there was (and still may be) a liniment that was the go to for Track and Field athletes called Atomic Balm.

It was good and hot, smelly as all get out, and the go to for pranksters ...

I'll leave it to youse guys to figure out why.

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 01, 2026 05:52 PM (3sXRv)

171 Fraser's Atomic Balm. And the prank involved jockstraps. DAMHIK.
I've used both. Fraser's is a little hotter, but Tiger Balm lasts a looong time.
+++++++
Seeing at Legalinsurrection.com Long Beach candidate wants gang members to keep out ICE
Posted by: Skip
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Zoot Suit Riots II.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2026 07:16 PM (36QIT)

172 Damn autocorrect. It's Cramer's not Fraser's. What the hell possessed the software weenies to think that? It's capitalized. It's a proper noun. Why would anyone think that one particular proper noun is superior to a different proper noun?
Too many ESL H1Bs, I guess.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2026 07:22 PM (36QIT)

As The UK Circles The Drain, The Labour Party Resorts To -- You Already Know The Answer -- Demagoguery

Never mind that the Reform candidate is stating the obvious, that what he is saying is objectively true. The existential crisis that the UK finds itself in is almost entirely the result of catastrophically poor decisions made during the dissolution of the empire, when they welcomed their former subjects into England, assuming that they would continue on the path to 1st world civilized behavior, culture, and morals. Then, to make it even worse, they began to import cheap labor from the 3rd world because, frankly, they were too stupid to cultivate home-grown labor, and needed the endless expansion of the welfare state to continue.

Labour brand Reform's Matt Goodwin 'extreme' -- but admit he's beating them in polls

“Goodwin has claimed non-white people cannot truly be English. He said if we'd listened to Tommy Robinson and the English Defence League, we would have ‘avoided some of the problems’ we face today.
“He complained about our civilisation being ‘drained away’ by ‘people from inferior cultures’. He's even suggested women should be told when they should have children.
“This isn't mainstream politics. It's extreme – and Reform chose Goodwin deliberately to drive a wedge between voters.”

The United Kingdom is unrecognizable, and it is trending toward 2nd world status. In London, White Britons are no longer the majority, and a trip on the Tube suggests that English is not the most popular language in the city!

Vast swaths of the country have been taken over by immigrants from the UK's former colonies, and they brought the worst of their countries without embracing the best of British culture. Add in a healthy dose of illegal immigration, and the former jewel of the civilized world is a few generations from losing its position in Western culture, and entering the miasma of the developing world.

But Labour, as it has always done, is fanatical about splitting away immigrants from any sense of patriotism or love of country that may develop, and continues to either demonize traditional Britons or push them farther into the vicious cycle of welfare dependence.

How this shakes out in 2029 when Britain goes to the polls again is hard to predict, but if Britain does not arrest the multicultural catastrophe that is its current domestic politics, then it is lost. The current trend of an ascendant Reform party is full of risk for both the Conservative Party, which has plummeted to practically minor-party status, and for Labour, which may lose not only its absolute majority in Parliament today, but may become a minority party.

But the election is three and a half years away, and that is an eternity in parliamentary politics. It is possible, but not likely, that the prime minister will call an election earlier, simply to protect as many seats as possible . He would lose his position, and it is distinctly possible that Reform would win. But to avoid a catastrophe in 2029, that may be the best choice.

Of course the Labour party is busily trying to lock in its gains, and the destruction of free speech, the resistance to any controls over the border, and the expansion of the welfare state may well cement their gains of last year. That would be the end of "Great" Britain, but that is a cost they are happy to pay to retain power!

Sound familiar?

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 01, 2026 12:04 PM (LdBR/)

3 Morning, CBD.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 01, 2026 12:05 PM (u73oe)

4 Having lived there for 2 years courtesy of the government its sad to see it go.
Remember only warnings were not to get mixed up in the soccar hooligans.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 12:05 PM (Ia/+0)

5 The UK is lost.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 12:06 PM (qFwJc)

6 Yeah, it's bad in the UK.

Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat

NEW FASCIST TRAVEL LAWS IN UK - 15 MINUTE CITIES

Oxford is the first but more will soon follow:

- You must apply for a PERMIT to leave your area
- Commute PERMIT needed to travel to work
- 50 visitor passes per year
- 100 day passes per year

This is absolutely insane

X: https://bit.ly/4ro40dA

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 12:06 PM (P5BPp)

7 Morning CBD! Two Trump successes this morning.

First, Melania's doc was a success over the weekend! It will probably give Amazon a better ROI than their stupid Rings of Power debacle. The Hollywood TDS will be off the charts today.

And Trump is building a new arch monument in DC to celebrate America's 250th. He's definitely making sure that town will never forget him.

But buried in the text on it was this second gem of a success:

"“The monument would be funded privately, using leftover donations from the White House ballroom project, Fox News Digital previously reported,” the article read."

Since when does a government building project come in UNDER budget? A there's money left over? When it's a Trump project.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 12:07 PM (gWBY1)

8 It is kind of amazing when you think about it. Look at the Somalians for example. The idea is that you bring in the group of third worlders who will be so happy t be in a first world country that they will vote for you forever (just like Black people. I do not mean that in a racist way, that is how the left looks at all non-whites: as plantation slaves they can use forever like a 2 dollar whore.)

The thing is: Once they are here and legal... what do they need the liberals for? Why give them the money they loot from the treasury and not just keep it themselves?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)

9 Have they considered reaching out to the public? Perhaps they could make a video game explaining to people, particularly young men, how troubling it is to disagree with Labour's views of things?

I suspect that something like that would be quite efficacious.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 01, 2026 12:08 PM (ExV1e)

10 Maybe they’ll legalize 500k “immigrants” like Spain did.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:08 PM (qpQFJ)

11 Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra

Another invader on trial today, Sudanese again and living in taxpayer-funded hotel, told a woman he is accused of raping 'don't worry' as he filmed the attack, the court heard.

Mubarak Ibrehim, a migrant living at the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea, Hampshire, is on trial at Portsmouth Crown Court accused of the alleged rape in the early hours of June 11, 2025.

Just like them all, he's speaking through a taxpayer funded interpreter.

Get all these beasts out!

X: https://bit.ly/46dmDsE

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 12:09 PM (P5BPp)

12 9 Have they considered reaching out to the public? Perhaps they could make a video game explaining to people, particularly young men, how troubling it is to disagree with Labour's views of things?

I suspect that something like that would be quite efficacious.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 01, 2026 12:08 PM (ExV1e)

I do like the meme I saw last night: *millions of lefty women everywhere* Maybe we are sending the wrong message if we dye our hair pink?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)

13 After we glass Iran, we should do GB next.

Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 12:10 PM (S8ZfB)

14 Clyde, that is madness in the UK.

There was some dystopian movie starring Justin Timberlake... out of time? And he has to get from his poor hovel of a district to the wealthiest district, and has no time credits to pay to do so. It was an interesting and frightening look at 15 minute cities.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 12:10 PM (gWBY1)

15 I just looked at a list of UK’s prime ministers…. No one of note since Margaret Thatcher. Of the remaining Tony Blair is probably the most consequential… I think of him as the British Bill Clinton.

The last few sheesh disasters all… Theresa May Boris “covid is the Black Death” Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer… the last 3 are all quintessential bureaucratic nobodies… just look at leadership and it’s easy to say “they’re dead, Jim”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 12:10 PM (YobFY)

16 Even though reform is leading in polls, they’re only getting around 1/3 support. Maybe 40% in some outlier polls. In a multi party system that’s enough to win an election comfortably.

But it also means 60%+ of the voting public thinks mass immigration is just fine. Which is the really fucked up part.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:12 PM (qpQFJ)

17 Tony Blair is probably the most consequential… I think of him as the British Bill Clinton.

—

Before Blair came to office UK was 90% British. He opened up the floodgates to mass migration.

He’s more like the British Benedict Arnold.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:13 PM (qpQFJ)

18 Maybe Don LeMon can go to the UK and get with some groomers to document what the rape gangs do behind closed doors. Should be OK as he is a journolist.

Posted by: Operator Error at February 01, 2026 12:14 PM (WMTKS)

19 Maybe they’ll legalize 500k “immigrants” like Spain did.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:08 PM

Yep, just read that the other day. Depressingly, this has been happening in the U.S.A. as well over the past 5-10 years. Hundreds of thousands of H-1Bs are taking jobs from American citizens. That's in addition to the hundreds of thousands of jobs taken from American citizens through outsourcing to cheap third world countries (India, Mexico, people from India living in Canada).

Xi Van Fleet @XVanFleet

This is a global Communist revolution. It’s never about the oppressed, or Black lives, or Palestine, or illegals. It’s about POWER!

The Telegraph:

"Spain gives half a million migrants legal status to 'defeat the far-Right'

Applicants will be allowed to work in any sector to help curb 'institutional racism that only fuels exploitation and racist hatred'."

X: https://bit.ly/4tu7dun

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 12:15 PM (P5BPp)

20 9 Have they considered reaching out to the public? Perhaps they could make a video game explaining to people, particularly young men, how troubling it is to disagree with Labour's views of things?

I suspect that something like that would be quite efficacious.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 01, 2026 12:08 PM (ExV1e)

Maybe they can partner with Netflix to make a race-swapped drama showing the real white problem is white killers who are white boys full of white violent white misogyny rather than black ethnically Rwandans with histories of violence like Axel Rudakubana.

Posted by: *lights the Amelia signal* at February 01, 2026 12:15 PM (TbWk/)

21 Another invader on trial today, Sudanese again and living in taxpayer-funded hotel, told a woman he is accused of raping 'don't worry' as he filmed the attack, the court heard.

Mubarak Ibrehim, a migrant living at the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea, Hampshire, is on trial at Portsmouth Crown Court accused of the alleged rape in the early hours of June 11, 2025.

Perfect for another race and nationality swapped propaganda film by ObamaFlix!

Posted by: It's those white schoolboys listening to Tate y'know at February 01, 2026 12:17 PM (TbWk/)

22 Before Blair came to office UK was 90% British. He opened up the floodgates to mass migration.

He’s more like the British Benedict Arnold.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:13 PM (qpQFJ)

I should’ve said that in describing him as the British Bill Clinton I was definitely not paying a compliment… the opposite in fact

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 12:17 PM (/iXAp)

23 But it also means 60%+ of the voting public thinks mass immigration is just fine. Which is the really fucked up part.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:12 PM (qpQFJ)

Probably because they have expanded the pop that much plus liberals are fucking stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

24 Add in a healthy dose of illegal immigration, and the former jewel of the civilized world is a few generations from losing its position in Western culture, and entering the miasma of the developing world.“

A few generations? More like a few months!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 12:19 PM (IUuBi)

25 I do like the meme I saw last night: *millions of lefty women everywhere* Maybe we are sending the wrong message if we dye our hair pink?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)

It would be amusing if the UK government started rounding up all the young women with unnatural hair colors.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 01, 2026 12:20 PM (ExV1e)

26 The problem is that there are cultures that are not as good as ours. We see examples of that constantly but it's rude to mention it. Instead, Our Moral Betters insist that our magic dirt will transform people from the Third World into being like the rest of us.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 01, 2026 12:20 PM (7xrfc)

27 Depressingly, this has been happening in the U.S.A. as well over the past 5-10 years. Hundreds of thousands of H-1Bs are taking jobs from American citizens

—

I hadn’t been to Dallas in 10 years or so. I flew through DFW earlier this year and was like what the fuck? For a second I thought I was in Bangalore or Islamabad, not Texas. It’s insnane.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:20 PM (qpQFJ)

28 Blair modernized the British culture right out of existence.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 12:20 PM (0KSrI)

29 The last few sheesh disasters all… Theresa May Boris “covid is the Black Death” Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer… the last 3 are all quintessential bureaucratic nobodies… just look at leadership and it’s easy to say “they’re dead, Jim”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 12:10 PM (YobFY)

I thought Liz Truss was trying to right the ship until the banks stabbed her in the back to enable the Sunak coup.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 01, 2026 12:21 PM (ExV1e)

30 Global domination by the left doesn't sound all that appetizing. Wonder what this "labor party" sees in it?

I mean, hang whatever tag you want on a political movement... if it's leaning left it's going to devour everything in its path. Or die trying. And the Muslim hordes the UK is importing will gladly show them the way that works.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 12:21 PM (jtM2q)

31 It's time for a second Finest Hour.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 01, 2026 12:22 PM (jqHAs)

32 26 The problem is that there are cultures that are not as good as ours. We see examples of that constantly but it's rude to mention it. Instead, Our Moral Betters insist that our magic dirt will transform people from the Third World into being like the rest of us.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 01, 2026 12:20 PM (7xrfc)

Takes me back to the old story of the British colonial officer discussing the respective traditions of suttee and of building gallows to hang murderers.

Posted by: Hey it's just their culture right? at February 01, 2026 12:22 PM (TbWk/)

33 Kier Starmer is doing fine. He may even bother himself with another election

Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 12:22 PM (S8ZfB)

34 Sadly on TMP converse with Britons almost daily but no political issues. Wonder if they see they are doomed as much as I see their peril coming.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Ia/+0)

35 Prometheus

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Kt19C)

36 I live in London, and have done so for over 20 years (I’m American). I commute on the Tube every day. This is all true. It is worse than I’ve ever experienced it. Jumping turnstiles, loud music, rubbish, graffiti, people using speakerphone for calls, etc. Most people are not white, let alone English or British, and they behave poorly. The streets are like this too. London is definitely trending third world, quickly. My kids are young and were born here, and my professional life has always been here, and we live in a decent neighbourhood, so I feel a bit stuck.

Posted by: Ed in London at February 01, 2026 12:23 PM (EOAB1)

37 Maybe they can partner with Netflix to make a race-swapped drama....

Like the all scandi scandi-village but with a black lesbian King?
But mix it up a bit...

Wakonda except the rulers are all suave and debonair WASPs and the commons are ignorant poorly spoken Wakandians with a penchant for buggery.

Posted by: Operator Error at February 01, 2026 12:23 PM (WMTKS)

38 After we glass Iran, we should do GB next.

Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 12:10 PM (S8ZfB)

I'm pretty much at the point where I would glass 1/2 the planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2026 12:23 PM (snZF9)

39 35 Prometheus
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Kt19C)

Oh shit...

Posted by: ALERT! WE ARE NO LONGER PROMETHEUS-FREE! at February 01, 2026 12:23 PM (TbWk/)

40 The UK, Oxford in particular, is pushing to implement 15 min cities with severe driving restrictions. Also going to limit consumption of meat with a goal of reducing it to 0.

Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 12:24 PM (kJmLc)

41 Winston Churhill is rolling in his grave

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Ia/+0)

42 The last few sheesh disasters all… Theresa May Boris “covid is the Black Death” Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer… the last 3 are all quintessential bureaucratic nobodies… just look at leadership and it’s easy to say “they’re dead, Jim”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 12:10 PM (YobFY)

And that’s why the Conservatives are dying, and deserve to die. They always talked about big game while campaigning, and then governed like leftists - over and over and over. No one trusts anything they say anymore, and no one should.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 12:24 PM (IUuBi)

43 The problem is that there are cultures that are not as good as ours. We see examples of that constantly but it's rude to mention it. Instead, Our Moral Betters insist that our magic dirt will transform people from the Third World into being like the rest of us.

That's what they USED to say. Now they say that the culture of the mother country is hopelessly corrupt and racist, and only a massive influx of third worlders can show them the proper way to live. Because, you know, it worked so well in their own countries.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

44 London is definitely trending third world, quickly.

Posted by: Ed in London at February 01, 2026 12:23 PM (EOAB1)

I stayed in Canary Wharf last week, and the light show attracted huge crowds, most of whom were South Asian and others. It was odd wandering through a crowd in London and it being indistinguishable from Bangalore.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 12:26 PM (n9ltV)

45 Takes me back to the old story of the British colonial officer discussing the respective traditions of suttee and of building gallows to hang murderers.
Posted by: Hey it's just their culture right?

Nowadays, that General would have been drummed out and the diplomats would have been humbly asking forgiveness for the man's "problematic" statements.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 01, 2026 12:26 PM (7xrfc)

46 I remember in the 1970's-early 80's any Brit who dared challenge bringing immigrants into the country were called rayciss, bigots, neo-nazis and so on and so forth. Of course at that time the immigrants were a few Jamaicans and other island savages who today are probably not a blip on the scene in Muzzie Old England.

Desmond Dekker is spinning in his grave.

Posted by: England Is A Fag Country at February 01, 2026 12:27 PM (pbej3)

47 I should’ve said that in describing him as the British Bill Clinton I was definitely not paying a compliment… the opposite in fact
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 12:17 PM (/iXAp)

Oh I got that. But Blair is order of magnitude worse than Bubba ever dreamt of being. In 10 years he basically destroyed 1000 years of England/UK history.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:27 PM (qpQFJ)

48 I stayed in Canary Wharf last week, and the light show attracted huge crowds, most of whom were South Asian and others. It was odd wandering through a crowd in London and it being indistinguishable from Bangalore.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 12:26 PM (n9ltV)

Probably smelled like curry and ass.

Posted by: Just being realistic at February 01, 2026 12:27 PM (TbWk/)

49 Through the years, Arkansas has received a lot of bad publicity, and with the exception of the chicken plant crowd we have few if any of the invaders. We hope to keep it that way.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 01, 2026 12:30 PM (gm9Sb)

50 Indians love them a good light show. I guess it’s Diwali related?

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:30 PM (qpQFJ)

51 >10 Maybe they’ll legalize 500k “immigrants” like Spain did.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:08 PM (qpQFJ)

I'm sure the Basques and Catalans are totes fine with this.

Posted by: Hey Jude at February 01, 2026 12:30 PM (GTqXr)

52 The invaders have embraced the very essence of British culture: The Dole.

And I don't mean Bob.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 01, 2026 12:32 PM (wBaIH)

53 London was ruined 40 years ago. In the early 90's, their fucked up diversity experiment was under way.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 12:32 PM (u9Xr5)

54 This is how these people "think".

The leader of the Spanish far-left admits at an event that she is in favor of replacing the native population with foreigners to alter voting dynamics:

«I hope for 'replacement theory,' I hope we can sweep this country of fascists and racists with immigrants. Whatever their skin color, whether 'Chinese, Black, or Brown'»

https://x.com/herqles_eng/status/2017667731227873507

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

55 52 A council house, a moped, three squares a day and rape privileges. What's not to like?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 01, 2026 12:33 PM (gm9Sb)

56 I had a recruiter get in touch with me for a job. It sounded awesome and right up my alley experience wise. He scheduled an interview with someone at the company. Indian name. As soon as I saw that I cancelled it and said not interested after all.

This is a a fake interview process where every American will be deemed “unqualified” in order to get the H1B approved.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:33 PM (qpQFJ)

57 52 The invaders have embraced the very essence of British culture: The Dole.

And I don't mean Bob.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 01, 2026 12:32 PM (wBaIH)

Pineapple?

Posted by: Rectally inserted whilst ablaze at February 01, 2026 12:33 PM (TbWk/)

58 London is falling and NY is going to follow in their footsteps

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 12:34 PM (Ia/+0)

59 OT:

This pre-workout stuff I have tried the past couple of days does seem to work great. And I'll admit I have felt great all day after taking it, and slept well too. It is just a bit disconcerting to feel pin pricks on the back of your neck while drinking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)

60 ]Through the years, Arkansas has received a lot of bad publicity, and with the exception of the chicken plant crowd we have few if any of the invaders. We hope to keep it that way.

There are a few. A good friend of mine is a prof of chemistry at UALR. They're lucky to have him.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

61 Don't forget Cameron.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 12:34 PM (0KSrI)

62 There are a few. A good friend of mine is a prof of chemistry at UALR. They're lucky to have him.

Whoops. He's Chinese by birth. Now American.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

63 61 Don't forget Cameron.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 12:34 PM (0KSrI)

There have been a ton of shit UK leaders since the last great, Thatcher.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

64 Don't forget Cameron.

GB hasn't had a real leader since Maggie T. I hope Nigel Farage and Reform will provide one.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

65 London was ruined 40 years ago. In the early 90's, their fucked up diversity experiment was under way.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 12:32 PM (u9Xr5)

There was always some diversity even going back to the 1950s.. But it was a small slice of the public. Up until the late 90s when Blair took over, the UK was consistently 90% British white. And the little diversity that existed was almost al in London. Small town UK was virtually all white.

Blair changed all that.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:36 PM (qpQFJ)

66 Don't forget Cameron.
Posted by: Ben Had

His dad has the Ferrari.

Posted by: Ferris Bueller at February 01, 2026 12:36 PM (u9Xr5)

67 Hell, they pretty much all have sucked ass since Thatcher.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

68 If we didn't have demagoguery we'd have no goguery at all.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 12:37 PM (sl73Y)

69 Conservatives in the 2010s ran on reduced immigration and after winning increased immigration.

Much like how the GOP operates.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:37 PM (qpQFJ)

70 Obama Cameron and Merkel. The triumvirate of disaster.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 12:39 PM (0KSrI)

71 Britain has been a second-rate power since decolonization. It is hurtling toward third world status and there is no way to stop it. Instead of lamenting it we should acknowledge it and get our nukes out now. Too much talk not enough action.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 01, 2026 12:39 PM (R86kT)

72 The idea is that you bring in the group of third worlders who will be so happy t be in a first world country that they will vote for you forever"

"Vote"?

No. The false belief is that said immigrants will work for them.
They never do.

Posted by: man at February 01, 2026 12:39 PM (XuXeR)

73 This is how these people "think".

The leader of the Spanish far-left admits at an event that she is in favor of replacing the native population with foreigners to alter voting dynamics:

I hope for 'replacement theory,' I hope we can sweep this country of fascists and racists with immigrants. Whatever their skin color, whether 'Chinese, Black, or Brown'

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 12:33 PM

And these people are in leadership positions in governments and institutions in every western nation in the world, including the United States.

The UniParty here in the U.S.A. has been working on replacement of the American population with third worlders for at least the past 2 decades, going back to the Amnesty push in 2006.

We would be well on the same path as Europe right now had President Trump not won in November 2024.

There is still a risk we could go right back on that path if we cannot prevent the Democrats or the GOPe from taking the White House again.

For the U.S.A. to survive, at least for our lifetimes, we need at least 2028, 2032 and 2036 elections to be MAGA policy Presidential wins.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 12:39 PM (P5BPp)

74 For the U.S.A. to survive, at least for our lifetimes, we need at least 2028, 2032 and 2036 elections to be MAGA policy Presidential wins.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 12:39 PM (P5BPp)

Odds of 4 elections won in a row by the same party is near 0. FDR did it but that was a different world.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:42 PM (qpQFJ)

75 The movie The Queen turned out to be prophetic.

Tony Blair got a huge PR boost with Diana's death and calling her "the people's princess." It combined with the PR blitz giving Queen Lizzy a black eye for her tepid response to the news and not reading the mood of her people fast enough. (Quite fair.) And in popular fiction, Bridget jones was creaming her panties for Labour and Blair in the books, and Love Actually had Hugh Grant play a bumbling handsome Blair-like PM. Tony had his moment.

But at the end of the movie, when the queen and Tony Blair are meeting at Buckingham palace, Helen Mirren as the Queen gives an amazing speech on how prime ministers come and go. And while his legacy thrives for the moment, hers will be remembered for much longer. He wins she PR battle but she'll win the legacy war.

During the Diana debacle, I thought maybe Blair would go down as one of the prime minister GOATS, because I was a naive teenager still learning history. But now Labour and the British people and media have cancelled Tony Blair as feckless and not being substantial. He is on his way to being forgotten. So the movie was right after all!

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 12:42 PM (gWBY1)

76 I honestly cannot see how the UK makes it to 2029 without some kind of social or economic breakdown/collapse.
The business people there convincing themselves everything will be fine are like (in many cases literally) the Jewish financial class in 1937 Berlin.

They thought they were still ok, so everything would just work out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 12:43 PM (IUuBi)

77 There is still a risk we could go right back on that path if we cannot prevent the Democrats or the GOPe from taking the White House again.

For the U.S.A. to survive, at least for our lifetimes, we need at least 2028, 2032 and 2036 elections to be MAGA policy Presidential wins.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 12:39 PM (P5BPp)

Absolutely this… we traditional Americans are too complacent right now. Here in Texas the Dems won a special election for state senate. The dem won by 14 in a district that Trump won by 17 in 2024. How in the world can that happen???

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 12:44 PM (xT8gx)

78 Oxford is the first but more will soon follow:

- You must apply for a PERMIT to leave your area
- Commute PERMIT needed to travel to work
- 50 visitor passes per year
- 100 day passes per year

----

So now the citizens are prisoners?

Even if you don't use up your passes, you still have to tell government every time you want to go somewhere. They will also reject passes as punishment

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 01, 2026 12:46 PM (syu79)

79 76 A time might come where we might have to seize nuclear assets in the UK.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 01, 2026 12:46 PM (gm9Sb)

80 Meanwhile, at FoxNews: "Gordon Ramsay swears by a secret ingredient that keeps scrambled eggs soft and fluffy."

Air, or fur.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 12:46 PM (N8ZBc)

81 They thought they were still ok, so everything would just work out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 12:43 PM (IUuBi)

One of the fundamental and foundational issues with the Left is that they believe ALL of this *pointing at society, western civilization* is permanent. They can fuck with it all they want in search of utopia and the standard will never decrease, and if it does it will only be by a small amount.

They are fools. History deals with fools harshly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)

82 I saw a funny SNL skit I had never seen before on YouTube. Looked like early 2010s era with Fred Armisen.

The skit was a punk band in late 70s UK whose lead singer liked Maggie Thatcher. His lyrics were hate the police, I hate the Queen, I hate everything. But Maggie Thatcher, she’s all right. And the other band members were like what the fuck bro?

It was pretty funny.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:46 PM (qpQFJ)

83 80 Meanwhile, at FoxNews: "Gordon Ramsay swears by a secret ingredient that keeps scrambled eggs soft and fluffy."

Air, or fur.
Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 12:46 PM (N8ZBc)

Probably milk or cream.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)

84 Paul Joseph Watson: Everyone is sick of noticing

YouTube (17:52): https://bit.ly/4qeYsBk

"Migrants are responsible for 80% of arrests for theft on Britain's trains.

@migrationCtrl FOI shows despite non-UK passport holders being 10% of the population, they are arrested for 80% of thefts + 40% of sexual/violent crimes by transport police."

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 12:48 PM (P5BPp)

85 Odds of 4 elections won in a row by the same party is near 0. FDR did it but that was a different world.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:42 PM (qpQFJ)

It happens after times of great upheaval, though. Starting in 1860 Republicans won 6 elections in a row, and 10 of the following 12.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 12:48 PM (IUuBi)

86 You’re racist for noticing.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:49 PM (qpQFJ)

87
His dad has the Ferrari.
Posted by: Ferris Bueller at February 01, 2026 12:36 PM (u9Xr5)

He never drives it. He just rubs it with a diaper.

Posted by: Knows the mileage by heart at February 01, 2026 12:49 PM (TbWk/)

88 86 You’re racist for noticing.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:49 PM (qpQFJ)

Well, of course.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)

89 It is kind of amazing when you think about it. Look at the Somalians for example. The idea is that you bring in the group of third worlders who will be so happy t be in a first world country that they will vote for you forever (just like Black people. I do not mean that in a racist way, that is how the left looks at all non-whites: as plantation slaves they can use forever like a 2 dollar whore.)

The Somalis are actually an upgrade over regular blacks, from the Democrat point of view. Regular blacks are always at risk of running across a Thomas Sowell quote, and the next thing you know they're saying wrongthink and voting for Literally Hitler.

Somalis, with their less-than-room-temperature average IQ, are in far less danger of any such thing happening.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 01, 2026 12:51 PM (QZThv)

90 83 Sour cream. Mafia guys know how to cook. Tony Soprano's BiL was whipping up scrambled eggs with sour cream before Tony whacked him.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 01, 2026 12:51 PM (gm9Sb)

91 They do it here too. They just equate "foreign" with "non-white."

I used to know this gullah talking Creole drug dealer with a scary nickname, when I was a kid. Tangential relationship, strictly business. Not drug business, I was selling to him.

This was in CO, so I could barely understand anything this dude said, but it was fine... both of us were obviously Americans, and there was an uneasy trust.

I also don't distrust black or Hispanic Ameticans in legitimate business.

The color or region or culture doesn't much matter. This is a huge country with lots of stuff going on.

But I know an American from a foreigner, and while I respect their foreign ways, I want them to remain foreign. Stop trying to make this a race thing. It's not. Miss me with that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:51 PM (BI5O2)

92 I wish the BeProudOfUs.UK movement luck retaking the actual history of the goodness of the UK. The ad is real history meets Wallace and Grommit. I love it.

@Artemisfornow
I wonder how much of this history is being taught in our progressive schools? Probably not much.
Working class British people deserve more than the contempt they’re given by government and liberal shills who hate us.
Britain deserves better.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 12:51 PM (gWBY1)

93 The last few sheesh disasters all… Theresa May Boris “covid is the Black Death” Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer… the last 3 are all quintessential bureaucratic nobodies… just look at leadership and it’s easy to say “they’re dead, Jim”

----

They are on their 4th Biden. All of this was committed against the British by the globalists.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 01, 2026 12:52 PM (syu79)

94 78. That is the WEF goal

Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 12:52 PM (kJmLc)

95 90 83 Sour cream. Mafia guys know how to cook. Tony Soprano's BiL was whipping up scrambled eggs with sour cream before Tony whacked him.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 01, 2026 12:51 PM (gm9Sb)

Huh. Might have to try that. Could be really tasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:52 PM (bss/y)

96 Thatcher was like Guiliani. Both places sucked hard before, notably improved during their tenures and afterwards slid back into the abyss.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 01, 2026 12:53 PM (wBaIH)

97 Refugees: "I am Mohammed, from Islam. Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been is over. From this day forward you will service us."

UK: "Mr. Worf...surrender."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 01, 2026 12:53 PM (CHHv1)

98 I thought Truss was good on policy but flamed out because she sucked at playing political games.

Or am I misremembering?

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:54 PM (qpQFJ)

99 Here in Texas the Dems won a special election for state senate. The dem won by 14 in a district that Trump won by 17 in 2024. How in the world can that happen???
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 12:44 PM (xT8gx)

There was a split between 2 republican candidates, with some bad blood between them. But even more, no one showed because this election really didn’t count for anything. Texas Legislature only meets every two years, and the Senate won’t be in session again until 2027, after another election.

So all this Democrat won was the right to use a fancy letterhead for the next few months.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 12:54 PM (IUuBi)

100 'Mafia guys know how to cook.'

According to the movies, they know how to eat too.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)

101 For the U.S.A. to survive, at least for our lifetimes, we need at least 2028, 2032 and 2036 elections to be MAGA policy Presidential wins.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 12:39 PM (P5BPp)

Odds of 4 elections won in a row by the same party is near 0. FDR did it but that was a different world.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:42 PM (qpQFJ)

People keep clinging to the silly idea that elections are a solution to a domestic enemy that is seeking to enslave the rest. If the only loss they suffer is at the ballot box, mostly the same people will be back the next time, and the more rerolls you give them, the more likely they are to get the win they need.

They have to be defeated permanently, probably militarily, with the survivors sent into exile. Same for the UK, and anywhere else replacement is being attempted.

Posted by: Methos at February 01, 2026 12:56 PM (vSvIl)

102 It sounded yesterday like an assault on Iran had begun. I've seen nothing since. What happened?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 12:56 PM (Riz8t)

103 The. Option of a 15 min city enrages me. The pitch is your doctor, your school, your shopping will all be walkable. Ok what if I don’t like the doctor in my 15 min zone? What if the school sucks? What if I hate the shopping options? And nobody on the left ever bothers asking these questions.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:56 PM (qpQFJ)

104 Probably smelled like curry and ass.

There are a couple of Brits who do a parody of the indian/paki street food vendor who the rich white tourists love to ohh and ahh over. Mixing things with their feet while scratching the ass then reusing empty coke cans for serving all the while being very flamboyant in their cooking movements. Hilarious. Both are probably in gaol now.

Posted by: Paki A Bash Them at February 01, 2026 12:57 PM (pbej3)

105 80 Meanwhile, at FoxNews: "Gordon Ramsay swears by a secret ingredient that keeps scrambled eggs soft and fluffy."

One of my favorite posts of 2025:

120 104 Imagine if Bob Ross and Gordon Ramsay switched professions.

Bob Ross: "The chicken is raw, but that's ok, we can cook it a little bit more. It'll be our secret little accident."

Gordon Ramsay: "Does this tree look fucking happy? Does it?"
Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2025 10:02 AM (BJy/u)

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 01, 2026 12:57 PM (bwHsr)

106 In ShoeOnHead'a recent video, she compared the current immigrants to her Italian immigrant ancestors and how they are different. Went all mafia. It was funny.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 12:58 PM (gWBY1)

107 Should you be pointing this out here on the sacred first day of National Negro Month?

Posted by: Shifts uncomfortably in seat at February 01, 2026 12:58 PM (2Ez/1)

108 'For the U.S.A. to survive ...'

Avoid nuclear war, hyperinflation, default, famine, plague, supervolcano eruptions, asteroid impacts, explosion of sun, and heat death of universe.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 12:58 PM (N8ZBc)

109 Should you be pointing this out here on the sacred first day of National Negro Month?

Shuffling off to pride month.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 01, 2026 01:00 PM (HTa/G)

110 - You must apply for a PERMIT to leave your area
- Commute PERMIT needed to travel to work
- 50 visitor passes per year
- 100 day passes per year

--

The UK is now going to dystopian novels for policy ideas. Pretty sure this is straight out of Fahrenheit 451.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 01, 2026 01:00 PM (syu79)

111 Odds of 4 elections won in a row by the same party is near 0. FDR did it but that was a different world.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:42 PM

It happens after times of great upheaval, though. Starting in 1860 Republicans won 6 elections in a row, and 10 of the following 12.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 12:48 PM

I wonder how history would be different had HW Bush not gone back on his promise about taxes. That led to Ross Perot splitting the vote in 1992 and ushering in Bill Clinton. Would have likely been 4 straight GOP election victories (Reagan twice, HW Bush twice).

Also, the immigration policy betrayal during the Reagan Administration -- where the left's promise was border enforcement and immigration enforcement for a one-time amnesty -- led to mass immigration and flipping of California and other states from red to deep blue.

Considering the nation voted for a conservative Republican Congress in the 1990s, had HW Bush not messed up, Perot never enters the campaign and HW Bush wins re-election. And then benefits from the good economy we had under Clinton.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 01:00 PM (P5BPp)

112 Iran? Nothing to notice until something happens on their part

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

113 I’ve heard the mafia thing a lot lately. Oh Italians had all sorts of organized crime too doesn’t mean all Italians had to be deported. Yeah but nobody in the mafia wanted Italians to take over the US and kill every non Italian. Bit of a difference.

And 2nd generation Italians were Americanized. As were all kids of immigrants back in the olden days.

Today there is zero Americanization. 2nd and even 3rd generations still live in the same cultural ghettos.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:02 PM (qpQFJ)

114 So all this Democrat won was the right to use a fancy letterhead for the next few months.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 12:54 PM (IUuBi)

I didn’t know that and I’m glad to hear it… but the numbers are jarring and from a public relations point of view it stinks… just adds to the “Dems have all the momentum because people don’t like what Trump is doing” narrative

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 01:02 PM (xT8gx)

115 Considering the nation voted for a conservative Republican Congress in the 1990s, had HW Bush not messed up, Perot never enters the campaign and HW Bush wins re-election. And then benefits from the good economy we had under Clinton.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 01:00 PM (P5BPp)

The conservative Congress was a reaction to Clinton going far left with health care. If Papa Bush wins in 1992, 1994 election doesnt go that way, IMO.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:03 PM (qpQFJ)

116 Blair isn't so forgotten. He is part of the Peace Council to oversee Gaza.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 01:04 PM (0KSrI)

117 The conservative Congress was a reaction to Clinton going far left with health care. If Papa Bush wins in 1992, 1994 election doesnt go that way, IMO.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:03 PM (qpQFJ)

I'd agree on that one. Probably would have been a Dem win by comparison because Pappy Bush was a squish pussy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 01:04 PM (bss/y)

118 The UK is now going to dystopian novels for policy ideas. Pretty sure this is straight out of Fahrenheit 451.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 01, 2026 01:00 PM (syu79)

WEF will make Fahrenheit 451 look mild. Oxford will limit clothing purchased to 3 items per person per annum. WEF hates pets, cause global warming, are carnivores...must go.

Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 01:05 PM (kJmLc)

119 114 We have a fickle electorate without long-term focus. Since 9-11, the USA has had a react-to-emergency ad hoc governance. Every year or two there's a new crisis requiring exigent and usually stupid and expensive responses.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 01:05 PM (N8ZBc)

120 As an English major, it depresses me that I don't think I'll ever be able to visit England. There was a time that I was supposed to go with Pooky on a deployment, but I broke my leg and we never got the opportunity again.

Posted by: pookysgirl, with many regrets at February 01, 2026 01:06 PM (Wt5PA)

121 Probably would have been a Dem win by comparison because Pappy Bush was a squish pussy.

He wasn't a squish, he was CIA. He knew exactly what he was doing.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 01, 2026 01:06 PM (QZThv)

122 I never got the Bush tax punishment thing. So conservatives were mad at bush for rising taxes. And their reaction was stay home in ‘92 and instead allow Clinton to win who would raise taxes even higher?

It’s like OK guys you showed him!!!

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:08 PM (qpQFJ)

123 Hi, everyone. If you check out the electoral map projections for 2030, you'll see that FL and TX are the big winners, while CA is set to lose 4 electoral votes. IL, MN, RI amd WI will all lose 1 elector. Even NPR admits it will be very hard for D's to win national elections in the 2030's. Hence, the MN meltdown. Dems have championed anti-natal policies and made blue states increasingly unlivable and they didn't think it would matter because illegals would save them. God forbid they actually try to implement sensible policies.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at February 01, 2026 01:09 PM (YD9XP)

124 95 90 83 Sour cream. Mafia guys know how to cook. Tony Soprano's BiL was whipping up scrambled eggs with sour cream before Tony whacked him.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 01, 2026 12:51 PM (gm9Sb)

Huh. Might have to try that. Could be really tasty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:52 PM (bss/y)

Top it with a little creme fraiche.

Posted by: Randy Marsh at February 01, 2026 01:09 PM (TbWk/)

125 My only concern with Less Britain is seeing that their nukes don't go to the Caliphate.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:09 PM (jc0TO)

126
The United Kingdom is unrecognizable, and it is trending toward 2nd world status.

2nd world status implies that they are commie, but somewhat functional.

In fact, they're already a 3rd world country, just living off of the economic remnants of their 1st world days. Rather like S Africa in the decade after the ANC took over from the Boers. I give 'em 10 years at best, before they descend into failed state status, complete with land confiscations, collapsed agriculture/economy and random people necklaced on the streets.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2026 01:09 PM (y9nCu)

127 Archimedes, a bunch of B52 bombers have arrived. The Russians told Khamenei to piss off because he wasn't going to fight PDT. The bo.bings yesterday happened to be at the homes of top IRGC guys.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 01:10 PM (0KSrI)

128 Any putative british elections in 2029 share certain risks with any future elections here. 1) Will the Left and their allies allow such elections to honestly take place? 2) Who will count, certify, and announce the results? 3) Will the count, certification, and announcements bear any relationship with reality?

In britain, there is no real mechanism to counter it if those in power decide to remain in power. At least here we have the outline of political/judicial means of resistance. And unlike modern britain, we have the will and means to try to enforce such.

In britain, I rather expect that by 2029 there will be the Islamic call to prayer coming from the Houses of Parliament and the head of government to be the Prime Imam.

Subotai Bahadur

Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at February 01, 2026 01:10 PM (cCbwt)

129 The. Option of a 15 min city enrages me. The pitch is your doctor, your school, your shopping will all be walkable. Ok what if I don’t like the doctor in my 15 min zone? What if the school sucks? What if I hate the shopping options? And nobody on the left ever bothers asking these questions.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:56 PM (qpQFJ)

It is not a city, it is a minimum security prison work-camp.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)

130 Explosions not bombings.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 01:10 PM (0KSrI)

131 I never got the Bush tax punishment thing. So conservatives were mad at bush for rising taxes. And their reaction was stay home in ‘92 and instead allow Clinton to win who would raise taxes even higher?

It’s like OK guys you showed him!!!
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:08 PM

In fairness, Bill promised a middle class tax cut.

He lied.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:10 PM (jc0TO)

132 Dems have championed anti-natal policies and made blue states increasingly unlivable and they didn't think it would matter because illegals would save them. God forbid they actually try to implement sensible policies.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at February 01, 2026 01:09 PM (YD9XP)

They do not want sensible policies, they want domination and absolute communist control.

Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 01:11 PM (kJmLc)

133
It is not a city, it is a minimum security prison work-camp.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)

Exactly. And they will decide what your kid learns, what you can buy and what will be available to buy. Choice will end.

Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 01:12 PM (kJmLc)

134 It’s like OK guys you showed him!!!

Any idiot from The South knew Billy Jeff was a Flim Flam Man from the jump, lying out of his pie hole while raping and flying off to Epstein Island for booty.

But most voters are stupid. Just look at Obongo.

Posted by: Zombie Orval Faubus at February 01, 2026 01:14 PM (pbej3)

135 The Chicken Vindaloo at 3AM makes it all worthwhile!

Posted by: Onslow On The Dole at February 01, 2026 01:14 PM (oftw2)

136 So conservatives were mad at bush for rising taxes. And their reaction was stay home in ‘92 and instead allow Clinton to win who would raise taxes even higher?

This assumes that everyone who voted for Bush in ’88 was a conservative, and not just an American who thought Reagan was a great president, so why not vote for his VP?

Once Bush showed them why not to vote for him, they remembered why they didn’t trust politicians before Reagan and went back to avoiding politics.

I’m sure this will never happen again.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 01:14 PM (EXyHK)

137 We used to have fifteen-minute cities. We called em small towns.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 01:14 PM (N8ZBc)

138 Archimedes, a bunch of B52 bombers have arrived. The Russians told Khamenei to piss off because he wasn't going to fight PDT. The bo.bings yesterday happened to be at the homes of top IRGC guys.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 01:10 PM (

according to certain analysts, the IRCG holds the whip-hand over Kamehni like the Cubans had the whip hand over Maduro

By the way, President Delcy Rodriguez announced an amnesty law on political crimes, closed the Helicon political prison and in the last month had released around 280 political prisoners.

I suspect Trump is not going to "glass" Tehran no matter what the loudest screamers insist as long as he has a plan a and b.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 01:15 PM (rbvCR)

139 We used to have fifteen-minute cities. We called em small towns.
Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 01:14 PM

Good point. I guess I live in a 15 minute city. Walmart is about that far way on the edge of town, if I catch the lights.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:16 PM (jc0TO)

140 Donna,

You are right that is the convention wisdom right now.

But long term political predictions are rarely correct. Post 2008 everyone said Republicans were finished for the next couple of generations.

Things change fast. Florida was a purple state in 2016. And the overnight it was deep red. Virginia and Colorado both voted for Bush by wide margins in 2000 and 2004 then overnight both went far left.

Predicting what state will do what in the 2030s is throwing darts at a dartboard.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:16 PM (qpQFJ)

141 I remember when our town had two red lights.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:16 PM (jc0TO)

142 If we lose England, will we lose the legendary English cuisine?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 01:17 PM (C2Nkk)

143 I never got the Bush tax punishment thing. So conservatives were mad at bush for rising taxes. And their reaction was stay home in ‘92 and instead allow Clinton to win who would raise taxes even higher?

It’s like OK guys you showed him!!!
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:08 PM

In fairness, Bill promised a middle class tax cut.

He lied.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:10 PM (jc0TO)

IMO the 92 election was determined by Ross Perot. Without him Clinton can’t win… whether he was genuine or not I don’t know but most of his positions and rhetoric appealed to conservative and moderate voters who would’ve almost certainly gone for papa Bush despite his squishiness… no one ever voted for papa Bush enthusiastically. I know I didn’t…. The only enthusiastic prez votes of my lifetime have been for Reagan and Trump… all others I held my nose

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 01, 2026 01:17 PM (xT8gx)

144 In both here and Europe, the true foundation to stop the destruction of our societies is for every citizen to speak out loud and everywhere (work, church, grocery stores, parks), that the invaders need removed and the government crooks who brought them in need arrested. After that, things will get chippy.

America still has a chance. Europe...the Reconquista does not seem as likely.

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 01, 2026 01:17 PM (EES2L)

145 We used to have fifteen-minute cities. We called em small towns.
Posted by: gp
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At mine, we actually had three stop signs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

146 Things change fast. Florida was a purple state in 2016. And the overnight it was deep red. Virginia and Colorado both voted for Bush by wide margins in 2000 and 2004 then overnight both went far left.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:16 PM

Eliminating and increasing vote fraud can account for them respectively.

I am starting to believe that Dem fraud votes are at least 25% of their total.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:18 PM (jc0TO)

147 145 We used to have fifteen-minute cities. We called em small towns.
Posted by: gp
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At mine, we actually had three stop signs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

Ooooooooo, Mr. Metropolitan over here.

Posted by: Friggin' one-percenters at February 01, 2026 01:18 PM (TbWk/)

148 141 I remember when our town had two red lights.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Did the town eventually find the cash to buy the amber and green lights?

Posted by: The Red Light Was My Mind... at February 01, 2026 01:19 PM (oftw2)

149 148 141 I remember when our town had two red lights.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Did the town eventually find the cash to buy the amber and green lights?
Posted by: The Red Light Was My Mind... at February 01, 2026 01:19 PM (oftw2)

The fellas were giving Amber all their cash.

Posted by: But she had a heart of gold at February 01, 2026 01:20 PM (TbWk/)

150 Did the town eventually find the cash to buy the amber and green lights?
Posted by: The Red Light Was My Mind... at February 01, 2026 01:19 PM

Heh. We have gone from 5 police officers to over 25 and a police substation where the dry cleaners used to be.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:20 PM (jc0TO)

151
Ooooooooo, Mr. Metropolitan over here.
Posted by: Friggin' one-percenters
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Still had dirt roads.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2026 01:20 PM (XeU6L)

152
Exactly. And they will decide what your kid learns, what you can buy and what will be available to buy. Choice will end.
Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 01:12 PM (kJmLc)

Bernie was famously all bent out of shape over Americans having TOO many choices in underarm deodorant and sneakers. The MFM tried to play it off as speaking in metaphor, but he's not smart enough to do anything except speak literally.

Commie cocksuckers will always tell you exactly what they want, our failing as conservatives is in often assuming that they're just speaking in metaphor or hyperbole. Like when they say that anyone who owns an AR15 is a murderer who should be shot, THEY MEAN YOU.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2026 01:20 PM (y9nCu)

153 The. Option of a 15 min city enrages me. The pitch is your doctor, your school, your shopping will all be walkable. Ok what if I don’t like the doctor in my 15 min zone? What if the school sucks? What if I hate the shopping options? And nobody on the left ever bothers asking these questions.
Posted by: Really??

erm, does that mean it's ok if you happen to be satisfied with nearby choices? The problem is the loss of freedom. The correct response is: I'll go wherever I want whenever I want to do whatever I want with whomever I want for any reason that I don't need to justify. It's none of your fucking business, so fire up a rusty chainsaw and go fuck yourself with it.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 01, 2026 01:21 PM (g8HaA)

154 People vote their tribe, not their individual self-interest. Although I guess tribal interests can be self-interests. When white people were relatively homogenous and also the majority, tribes were not that relevant as there was a general self-interest at play. Now the "whites" have been fractionalized into tribes that vote their tribe, not their individual self-interest.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 01, 2026 01:21 PM (MZ+PY)

155 125 My only concern with Less Britain is seeing that their nukes don't go to the Caliphate.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:09 PM (jc0TO)

You know, and this is horrible, but I almost wish they would get them. Let them fucking light it off and make people wake the fuck up. This is not a fucking game. This is not social media where you are trying to own the chuds.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 01:21 PM (bss/y)

156 One of our cops used to work at the city jail in Chicago before he moved down here.

He chose wisely.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:21 PM (jc0TO)

157 Great Britain? No pal, it’s the UK, or as they admit to themselves, little Britain.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 01, 2026 01:22 PM (NG46o)

158 If a town had two red lights, were there ever any price wars, or was it always $20, same as in the countryside?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 01:22 PM (C2Nkk)

159 I wasn’t old enough to care about inside baseball politics in 1990 and 1992 But I’ve heard repeatedly that conservatives stayed home in 1992 because of the Bush tax increases of 1990.

If this is accurate? Who knows, but it’s the conventional wisdom.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:22 PM (qpQFJ)

160
The correct response is: I'll go wherever I want whenever I want to do whatever I want with whomever I want for any reason that I don't need to justify. It's none of your fucking business, so fire up a rusty chainsaw and go fuck yourself with it.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 01, 2026 01:21 PM (g8HaA)

I AM INTRIGUED BY YOUR IDEAS AND WOULD LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2026 01:23 PM (y9nCu)

161 >>>>> If we lose England, will we lose the legendary English cuisine?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 01, 2026 01:17 PM (C2Nkk)
******
Not only that, what about dental research.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 01, 2026 01:24 PM (fPvmg)

162 159 I wasn’t old enough to care about inside baseball politics in 1990 and 1992 But I’ve heard repeatedly that conservatives stayed home in 1992 because of the Bush tax increases of 1990.

If this is accurate? Who knows, but it’s the conventional wisdom.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:22 PM (qpQFJ)

'Stayed home' somewhat, but also split off a bit to Perot who was running as a Fiscal conservative/sane populist. Shaved off enough to let Clintoon win.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 01:24 PM (bss/y)

163 What if I hate the shopping options? And nobody on the left ever bothers asking these questions.
Posted by: Really??

Remember, you will own nothing and be happy.
It the Brits don't fight back soon very soon, it will be too late. Of course only academics are sufficiently arrogant and stupid to dream up these plans.

Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 01:25 PM (kJmLc)

164 does that mean it's ok if you happen to be satisfied with nearby choices? The problem is the loss of freedom. The correct response is: I'll go wherever I want whenever I want to do whatever I want with whomever I want for any reason that I don't need to justify. It's none of your fucking business, so fire up a rusty chainsaw and go fuck yourself with it.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 01, 2026 01:21 PM (g8HaA)

Absolutely. I disagree with the philosophy of 15 min cities. I’m saying in addition to that none of the proponents have thought of the realities of what such a thing would mean. You’d have 1 restaurant and 1 school and 1 of everything available. Do the AWFLs really want that? My point is they’re too retarded to have thought through what they’re really advocating for.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:25 PM (qpQFJ)

165 I gotta defrost the chest freezer today. The fact that it is barely above freezing outside today will help keep the styrofoam coolers frozen.

Then I have to load up on discount ground chuck from Rouses.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:25 PM (jc0TO)

166 Short nap

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 01:26 PM (Ia/+0)

167 I thought Truss was good on policy but flamed out because she sucked at playing political games.
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Her own party stabbed her in the back.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2026 01:26 PM (8dH7A)

168 ******
Not only that, what about dental research.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 01, 2026 01:24 PM (fPvmg)

and interminable Jane Austen remakes.

Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 01:26 PM (kJmLc)

169 White Americans, once the overwhelming majority in cities such as New York, Los Angeles. Chicago, and others, are now a minority. Is everybody happy now?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 01, 2026 01:27 PM (N6qxq)

170 The problem with Bush was his "read my lips" uniparty BS. The GOPe black pill that kills voter enthusiasm in the crib.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 01, 2026 01:28 PM (wBaIH)

171 It's hard to believe that I am excited to buy 80/20 beef at $3.88/lb.

Thanks fucking Joe Biden.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:28 PM (jc0TO)

172 I will miss English muffins mostly

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 01:28 PM (Ia/+0)

173 Probably milk or cream.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 01, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)

Baking soda!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 01:29 PM (n9ltV)

174 I will miss English muffins mostly
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 01:28 PM

and the spotted dick.

wait..

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:29 PM (jc0TO)

175 lol
It’s always baking soda.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:29 PM (qpQFJ)

176 Oh, and Scotch when the Muslims ban it

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 01:29 PM (Ia/+0)

177 I never got the Bush tax punishment thing. So conservatives were mad at bush for rising taxes. And their reaction was stay home in ‘92 and instead allow Clinton to win who would raise taxes even higher?

It’s like OK guys you showed him!!!

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:08 PM

I was not paying attention to politics back then (I was 16 and my little bubble was school and sports), but I don't think conservatives stayed home. I thought conservatives broke from the GOP and voted for Perot.

1992 election results:

Clinton: 44,909,889 (43.0%)
HW Bush: 39,104,550 (37.5%)
Perot: 19,743,821 (18.9%)

Give Perot's votes to HW Bush and Bush has 56.4% of the vote.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 01, 2026 01:29 PM (P5BPp)

178 171

' It's hard to believe that I am excited to buy 80/20 beef at $3.88/lb.

Thanks fucking Joe Biden.'

Not worth it. Even for cheaper beef.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 01, 2026 01:30 PM (fd80v)

179 Bill Clinton never got a majority of the votes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:30 PM (jc0TO)

180
In our small town in Wyoming we have no stoplights and 2 police officers.

Kinda like Mayberry, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 01, 2026 01:30 PM (3ek7K)

181 whooghiglegop

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at February 01, 2026 01:31 PM (cgZ2r)

182 Is everybody happy now?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 01, 2026 01:27 PM (N6qxq)

No. My kid's sister in law lived in NYC with her husband and kid. Before it all happened, no one was happier than that idiot to vote D and blather on about racism. Fast forward, they took a loss on their owned condo to get the hell out and moved to Connecticut. They learned too late.

Posted by: night lifted at February 01, 2026 01:31 PM (kJmLc)

183 Thanks fucking Joe Biden.'

Not worth it. Even for cheaper beef.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 01, 2026 01:30 PM

I make all the difference.

Posted by: The Comma at February 01, 2026 01:31 PM (jc0TO)

184 But it also means 60%+ of the voting public thinks mass immigration is just fine. Which is the really fucked up part.
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 12:12 PM (qpQFJ)
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Nope - 60% of the population doesn't want to give up the perceived freebees that their government provides, and they are unwilling to do the heavy lifting that being a free people requires - the hedonistic things that just don't fly when there are consequences attached to them. They'd prefer to consume the cultural capital they were bequeathed instead of paying it forward to their next generation, their kids and grandkids.

In a word, they're selfish.

The UK is over, it's only left to see what it will actually look like when it hits terminal velocity.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 01:31 PM (UVyKP)

185 Eating a gyro for lunch. I read somewhere it's good for balance.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 01:31 PM (N8ZBc)

186 Assman is a Fauxroll, yes?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:31 PM (jc0TO)

187 If this is accurate? Who knows, but it’s the conventional wisdom.

Conventional wisdom in DC is usually just there to keep politicians from having to recognize that voters need to be won.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 01:32 PM (EXyHK)

188 hola chamucos y chamucas.

Posted by: alpine_beer at February 01, 2026 01:32 PM (van9r)

189 Clyde were about the same age and yeah that was me too. I knew big picture what was happening but none of the details. In 1992 my biggest problem in life was how to get Alexis from English class to like me. Ahhh those were easy days, haha.

You can’t assume all Perot voters were Bush voters. The other “conventional wisdom” I’ve known is that Perot’s votes were pretty equal from
Both sides.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:33 PM (qpQFJ)

190 Bush the Elder surrendered a 90% approval rating.

That is pretty unprecedented.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:34 PM (jc0TO)

191 ASS is already drunk this early?

Sad!

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:35 PM (qpQFJ)

192 ASS is already drunk this early?

Sad!
Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:35 PM (qpQFJ)
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Perhaps he's on Tehran time.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2026 01:37 PM (8dH7A)

193 Has CBD been visited by the London Thought Police yet?
They might want to have a "discussion" about his posts.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 01, 2026 01:37 PM (vbXSk)

194 I have to nurse my bedding plant through one more night in the 20s. After that it will be Spring.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)

195 Historical Prejudice

19. The Telegraph:
"Spain gives half a million migrants legal status to 'defeat the far-Right'

Applicants will be allowed to work in any sector to help curb 'institutional racism that only fuels exploitation and racist hatred'."
X: https://bit.ly/4tu7dun
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Jerusalem Post/Diaspora/Antisemitism, Jan. 26, 2026
Spain: The first case of state antisemitism in the EU
What began as street-level hostility toward Jews has metastasized into the normalization of anti-Semitics and anti-Zionist rhetoric at the highest levels of government.
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"In the same month in which their Majesties [Ferdinand and Isabella] issued the edict that all Jews should be driven out of the kingdom and its territories, in the same month they gave me the order to undertake with sufficient men my expedition of discovery to the Indies." Diary of Christopher Columbus

The 1492 Expulsion (Alhambra Decree): Convert to Catholicism or leave Spain, targeting them for their faith and perceived influence.

The Spanish Inquisition (1478–1853): This tribunal, authorized by the Pope, intensely persecuted "Conversos."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 01, 2026 01:37 PM (NFX2v)

196 190 Bush the Elder surrendered a 90% approval rating.

That is pretty unprecedented.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:34 PM (jc0TO)

Bush the Lesser kinda did as well post 9/11. He survived 2004 but by the skin of his teeth.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:37 PM (qpQFJ)

197 plant(s)

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)

198 Commie cocksuckers will always tell you exactly what they want, our failing as conservatives is in often assuming that they're just speaking in metaphor or hyperbole. Like when they say that anyone who owns an AR15 is a murderer who should be shot, THEY MEAN YOU.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 01, 2026 01:20 PM (y9nCu)

Bernie was trying to defend the Soviet centralized economy in spite of not having a clue of what he was talking about since he is monumentally stupid. The Soviet economy required minimal choice since it could only be functional if production and consumption choices were simplified. The Soviet economics was very much the Physics joke about the "spherical cow" since radical simplification was the only way it could be manipulated successfully.
This destroys all the market signals, however and even the Soviets required an exterior pricing benchmark, which they got from Hong Kong

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 01:38 PM (rbvCR)

199 Clyde were about the same age and yeah that was me too. I knew big picture what was happening but none of the details. In 1992 my biggest problem in life was how to get Alexis from English class to like me. Ahhh those were easy days, haha.

You can’t assume all Perot voters were Bush voters. The other “conventional wisdom” I’ve known is that Perot’s votes were pretty equal from
Both sides.

Posted by: Really?? at February 01, 2026 01:33 PM (qpQFJ)

One of my first words was "Reagan," so you can guess where I was at the time politically. My parents listened to Rush Limbaugh, so all I remember about Perot was him arguing against NAFTA and Rush's parodies of him when he had clearly gone off his rocker in his later years. "They're coming to take me away, haha hoho heehee...."

Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't really remember the rest at February 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Wt5PA)

200 Give Perot's votes to HW Bush and Bush has 56.4% of the vote.

This, again, assumes that Perot’s voters would have supported Bush.

I worked at the University of San Diego when they hosted one of the debates in 1996 when Perot was excluded. The school is located on a hill next to a very deep and steep ravine. Perot’s supporters, just before the debate, burned Perot’s name into the other side of the ravine in an attempt to force the news media to address Perot’s exclusion.

Neither Bush, nor Dole, nor Clinton inspired that kind of enthusiasm.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 01:39 PM (EXyHK)

201 You can’t assume all Perot voters were Bush voters. The other “conventional wisdom” I’ve known is that Perot’s votes were pretty equal from
Both sides.
Posted by: Really??
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I was extremely frustrated by those conservatives of the day who parroted the Perot line 'Vote your conscience!'. My comment to them was 'This election is not about your conscience, it is about who is going to be President.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2026 01:40 PM (XeU6L)

202 "Perot’s supporters, just before the debate, burned Perot’s name into the other side of the ravine in an attempt to force the news media to address Perot’s exclusion."

Back then, a lot of reporters covered the ravine beat.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 01:41 PM (N8ZBc)

203 "Perot’s supporters, just before the debate, burned Perot’s name into the other side of the ravine in an attempt to force the news media to address Perot’s exclusion."
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I recall that at one point, Perot dropped out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 01, 2026 01:44 PM (XeU6L)

204 I remember reading about the Brits when they had the ferocity to conquer the world.

Now all they do is get drunk and brawl in the streets over football while the muslims take their island.

Wake up, you cunts!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 01:44 PM (oT7pT)

205 When GHWBush was elected I assumed that the Republicans had a lock on the Presidency going forward since they got all 47 of California's electoral votes.

Bush managed to queer that pretty epicly.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

206 I'm rewatching Victoria, and I'm at the part in season 3 when the Chartists are getting signatures to get working men a vote and it's getting violent.

There is the line, "we are not a revolutionary people." Comparing it to the revolutions of France.

Well maybe they finally need to be!

Also, the government making the chartists look violent by planting weapons so the government can violently put them down feels eerily timely.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 01:45 PM (gWBY1)

207 Has CBD been visited by the London Thought Police yet?
They might want to have a "discussion" about his posts.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 01, 2026 01:37 PM (vbXSk)

I use a VPN when I comment or post, unless I am out and using my phone.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 01:45 PM (n9ltV)

208 I recall that at one point, Perot dropped out.

That was a long time ago, so my memory may be faulty. But wasn’t that during the 1992 election?

At the time his reasons for dropping out seemed paranoid. Now, I’m not so sure.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 01:45 PM (EXyHK)

209 Just how stuffed is the UK? This stuffed:

@MarioNawfal
🇬🇧 A convicted terrorist who was jailed for 5 years for conspiring to bomb the British consulate, a church, and a hotel in Yemen is now running for Birmingham city council.

He's running in a district where almost two-thirds of residents have Pakistani background and thinks he's going to win with "the help of Allah."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 01:46 PM (diia5)

210 206 "Victoria" added to my list, thanks! Looks good.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 01:46 PM (N8ZBc)

211 I was a grown man when California was still considered a Republican state.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:47 PM (jc0TO)

212 I was an old man when Colorado was considered a Republican lock.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:48 PM (jc0TO)

213 The Bush family are a canker on the body politic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:49 PM (jc0TO)

214 The waffling and word games are in full swing around deportations. This "worst of the worst" and "criminal illegal alien" crap is not a substitute for Deport Them All. And I don't love shady-ass R's like Michael McCaul (TX) telling me what I will or won't put up with. It's the "not who we are" crap from the purple lips of BHO.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 01, 2026 01:49 PM (4b7CV)

215 The Spanish Inquisition (1478–1853): This tribunal, authorized by the Pope, intensely persecuted "Conversos."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 01, 2026 01:37 PM (NFX2v)
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Actually, the "inquisition" was an attempt by the Pope to slow down the BS happening in Spain, with Catholicism thrown into the middle of it. It was a political fight that used religion as a weapon. The Pope tried to blunt that weapon. I have a fair amount of complaints about popes in general, this isn't one of them.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 01:51 PM (UVyKP)

216 The only enthusiastic prez votes of my lifetime have been for Reagan and Trump… all others I held my nose

My first vote. For Nixon in '72. While stoned to beat shit. In Massachusetts, the only state he didn't win.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 01:51 PM (sl73Y)

217 I'm reading Atkinson's telling of Bunker Hill.
The British won.
And it was obvious to all if it cost a man per acre to win they'll lose the war.

Posted by: torabora at February 01, 2026 01:53 PM (fzhZs)

218 The UK's death spiral has been well chronicled by Mark Steyn. He identifies Keir Starmer as evil and observes that "In today's Britain , everything is policed except crime", meaning the police can and do arrest you for assembly, for protest, for a tweet. Meanwhile, grooming gangs roam the cities, raping innocent girls.
We must not follow the UK's decline

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 01, 2026 01:54 PM (g7g7Q)

219 IMO the 92 election was determined by Ross Perot. Without him Clinton can’t win…

Without Bush, Perot wins.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 01, 2026 01:54 PM (KAi1n)

220 Then I have to load up on discount ground chuck from Rouses.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:25 PM (jc0TO)

What is the discount price? Not sure I want to fight the cold.

Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 01:55 PM (vHpfQ)

221 A gay mexican TX judge named, ...(you'll never guess this next part, not in a million years). Rosie (ok here it comes) Speedlin-Gonzales was arrested for having an attorney handcuffed and locking him in a jury box.

Andale Andele!
Arriba Arriba!

Posted by: banana Dream - sorry no upside down exclamation marks at February 01, 2026 01:56 PM (3uBP9)

222 The United Kingdom is unrecognizable, and it is trending toward 2nd world status.

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CBD this statement would have been true in 1976 also.

But Margaret Thatcher was able to temporarily put them on a different path, much like PDT is trying to do in America.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 01:56 PM (RIvkX)

223
My first vote. For Nixon in '72. While stoned to beat shit. In Massachusetts, the only state he didn't win.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 01:51 PM (sl73Y)

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In 1984, the only state Reagan didn't win was Minnesota

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 01, 2026 01:56 PM (g7g7Q)

224 Reuters sez the US govt shutdown yesterday. Who knew?

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2026 01:56 PM (N8ZBc)

225 What is the discount price? Not sure I want to fight the cold.
Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 01:55 PM

$3.88/lb

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:56 PM (jc0TO)

226 The concern about assimilation in the US is a bit misplaced. Democrats were writing about replacement theory back in the 50s and it ramped up after LBJ solidified the black vote with the great society. The hispanics wiped that out. Hispanics in fact are assimilating rapidly, and they hate the illegal immigration as much as we do. Their kids and grand kids increasingly do not even speak Spanish.

The dot Indians will be forced to give up their clannish ways because the CRA of 64 makes their business practices illegal. That is starting to happen now.

The real issue is Islam. We are going to struggle with that issue. Islam is incompatible with the West, and the US in particular. They will not assimilate. They are going to have to be aggressively managed. And all immigration from Muslim majority needs to be ended.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 01, 2026 01:57 PM (UVyKP)

227 The Spanish think "Palestine" is occupied while they ruthlessly suppress Catalonia and the Basque. Por favor migas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 02:00 PM (RIvkX)

228 $3.88/lb

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:56 PM (jc0TO)

Under consideration.

Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 02:01 PM (vHpfQ)

229 1WP NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

230 Nooding myself.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 02:01 PM (RIvkX)

231 $3.88/lb

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:56 PM (jc0TO)

Under consideration.
Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 02:01 PM

We are considering getting 20 lbs. Hence, the defrosting and reorg of the freezer space.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (jc0TO)

232 It's concerning to say that in my lifetime, we've gone from a 1950s global power, a peaceful country of optimistic people, to a divided country with an uncertain future.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 01, 2026 02:02 PM (iv7PA)

233 Improving its relationship with the EU.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 01, 2026 02:05 PM (NFX2v)

234 Examples of a majority culture being subjugated by invading cultures then eventually reclaiming themselves:

• Judean Diaspora
• Maya
• Armenians
• Mãori (New Zealand)

commonalities:

• written record that keeps the identity alive
• adoptive insulation (ability to navigate about a "foreign" economy)
• language retention (the "OS" of a culture, without it the worldview collapses)

Prognosis:

• Western Civilization is over. - no recovery possible
• forms of Christianity survives as a Diaspora
• forms of Judaism survive similarly.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM (a4flb)

235 We have noticed that the left works very hard to influence people to hate themselves, their culture, and their country. They are softening us up for their communist conquest.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 01, 2026 02:07 PM (FMtrg)

236 Posted by: toby928(c) at February 01, 2026 01:56 PM (jc0TO)
They had some Wagyu strips for $99.99 / LB the other day. Guess that's not on sale.

Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 02:08 PM (vHpfQ)

237 This is your regular reminder that Perot got more votes than he would have in a normal election. The MSM called the election for Clinton while we were still voting on the West Coast. Since our vote didn't count, some used it for Perot.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2026 02:09 PM (+mUZM)

238 It is way past time to light the beacons of Gondor. Sadly I don't see anyone riding to the rescue. It must come from within and I see scant hope of that.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 01, 2026 02:12 PM (CzQuO)

239 Bernie was famously all bent out of shape over Americans having TOO many choices in underarm deodorant and sneakers. The MFM tried to play it off as speaking in metaphor, but he's not smart enough to do anything except speak literally.

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Your most important vote in a free society is with your money. When you see a business fail (big or small) the people voted. Your stuff wasn't as good as the competition or it was too expensive... Under communism or 15 minute cities you literally have to be supplied for decades with failed businesses. Normally you would take your business elsewhere.

This is the same problem with health care networks. They are literally monopolies that don't have to perform to survive.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 01, 2026 02:13 PM (Wnqw0)

240 237 This is your regular reminder that Perot got more votes than he would have in a normal election. The MSM called the election for Clinton while we were still voting on the West Coast. Since our vote didn't count, some used it for Perot.
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That election was surrounded with unusual. Perot didn't want to win he wanted Bush to lose. Bush was a terrible candidate. It was like Jeb against Donald. Clinton was light, fast and charismatic; Bush was not. Bush was phoning it is against the personality of a celebrity.

Like us knowing that Obama was everything he turned out to be. Those of us that watched knew that Clinton was a disruptive crook. Others believed what he said and thought he was a fresh look.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:29 PM (c35xG)

241 "Great" can now be legitimately removed from "Britain".

Posted by: Dr_No at February 01, 2026 02:44 PM (ayRl+)

242 The Lotus Eaters' podcast on Youtube gives a good glimpse behind the keffiyah curtain (Gen-X English fellows). Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad, is the ringleader.

They are not optimistic.

Posted by: Beverly at February 01, 2026 03:48 PM (reMys)

243 Fascinating interview with Liz Truss can be found on Youtube, with (IIRC) Winston Marshall.

In essence: she tried to enact pro-British policies, and was defenestrated with head-spinning speed.

She said she knew the system was corrupt, but was shocked by HOW entrenched the quisling system was, and how little actual power the Prime Ministers have. If the Blob is against you, you can't even get a postage stamp design approved.

Posted by: Beverly at February 01, 2026 03:58 PM (reMys)

244 "Sound familiar?"

Not quite.

The UK is doomed, they have a soon to be minority, *disarmed* white population that isn't going to fare well against rather heavily armed hostile foreigners (knife and gun laws are thinly enforced if you are named some variant of mohamed). Those who can't or won't leave will eventually get Rwanda'ed.

Here in the US non-lefty Americans are the most heavily armed civilian population in history.

Progs in both places want the same game plan but the ones here have failed spectacularly at disarmament, and that will make a big difference.

Posted by: heya at February 01, 2026 05:20 PM (nH+RN)

245 Parliamentary systems are seemingly designed to ensure voters can’t actually change anything. In anything less than a total annihilation, the should have been ousted parties just make a coalition and shut out the ‘winning’ party. It’s disheartening that Britain, Canada, and Australia all are going fully fascist towards their own citizens.

I think Britain’s only hope is to hang their entire government and then urge the immigrants to leave by the next available transport. If they keep tolerating their government, their government will end them.

Posted by: Advo at February 01, 2026 06:01 PM (jO4mz)

Sunday Morning Book Thread (02/01/2026) [MP4]

Good morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes. It’s time once again for the semi-regular MP4-hosted Sunday Book Thread. Dress is country club casual, but hats for ladies are required, such as this:

So ask the barman for an Old Fashioned, covfefe or tea and let’s get started!
Today’s opening topic is a two parter:

1. What was the first book you read?

2. What book (if any) changed your life?

First Book: I suspect most of you are like me, in that you can’t remember a time when you couldn’t read. My grandparents had a separate room that held not just their own books, but ones that my mother and aunt had read during college. There was the usual 1960s crap like The Organization Man and The Feminine Mystique, but also wonderful ones that have stayed with me to this day. The first books I can distinctly remember reading were Lewis Carroll’s Alice books and – oddly – Nineteen Eighty-Four. Both had me hooked from the start; Carroll not so much for the story or wordplay, but for Sir John Tenniel’s illustrations, which made Victorian fashion my go-to ever since. And as far as Orwell, who could stop reading after his opening sentence, It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen? I couldn’t understand the machinations of the Party and the constriction of Newspeak, but as I got older, the book became ever more chilling and so much closer to reality.

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Books That Changed My Life: Two other books I discovered fairly early in my reading life were the Victorian-era erotica Venus in Furs and A Man with a Maid, which, I suppose, could be considered books that changed my life, since they’ve colored my views of and relationships with women ever since puberty. I’d be less than honest if I didn’t admit that.
But the book that I can truly say changed my life was one that I mentioned a few weeks ago: Donald Rumbelow’s The Complete Jack the Ripper. I knew nothing about the case when I first saw it – in fact, my first reaction was, “how can there be an entire book about Jack the Ripper?” – but after reading it, I delved deeply into the world of the Whitechapel Murders, eventually corresponding with and meeting some of the most respected names in true-crime writing, editing a magazine about the murders and the world of 1888, as well as writing a reference book and penning a to-this-day regular column in the specialist magazine Ripperology. It was after I finished my JtR book that I looked around for another subject, thought about tackling the idea of a silent film mystery with Theda Bara as an amateur detective. . .and here I am, with two Bara novels under my belt and a third on the way.
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What about you? Do you remember the first book you ever read? What book, if any, changed your life and made you who you are today?

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:00 AM

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1 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Read “How the Croix is Won,” by Warren H. Miller. Published in Blue Book Magazine’s December 1931 issue. Apparently, there was a subset of pulp dedicated to the French Foreign Legion which had a heyday from the 1920s through the 50s by various authors. Miller’s story concerns a battalion’s detachment who’ve had their adjutant kidnapped and their rifles stolen by “friendly” natives in North Africa.

The battalion sets up its cannon at the city gates demanding the return of their officer and arms. The Caid of the city sympathizes with them, but one of the squad, an old soldier named Hortet, a man known for rash actions leading to success, doesn’t believe the Caid, and hatches a mad plan to enter the city unarmed, except for hidden grenades, and rescue their officer.

Anyway, the attack works, and they retrieve both adjutant and arms, leading to the commandant giving Hortet his own Croix de Guerre, hence how the Croix is won. It wasn’t bad, just didn’t hold my interest enough to find more in this genre. The story had action and very defined characters, but it’s definitely of its time. Maybe Miller should have stuck with ski films….

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 09:01 AM (uQesX)

3 That hat demonstrates a clever use of the giant milkweed plant.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 09:02 AM (0U5gm)

4 First book read?

Can't remember. Probably a children's book, maybe Dr. Suess or Bennett Cerf.

Changed my life?

More than one, I'd guess. How exactly it changed me is another story....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 09:03 AM (uQesX)

5 Morning, Book Folken! And a tip of the chapeau to MP4 for his thread handing duties today!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:03 AM (wzUl9)

6 Good morning book people.

I finished Dante's Inferno this week.

Sadly, I recognized many circles where I'm pretty sure some folks I am familiar with will reside eventually.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 09:04 AM (cYBz/)

7 Love the Tenniel drawing up top, but don’t remember it. Which character is that with Alice?

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 09:04 AM (IUuBi)

8 Thats an intriguing question something about zoology we had the whole time life series

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 09:06 AM (bXbFr)

9 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Thanks for letting me host, CBD.

I was, naturally, depressed yesterday (I'll have more on that in a moment), so went book shopping to cheer up. I picked up a brand-new true crime book, Black Dahlia by William Mann. He is also the author of Tinseltown, which was a deep dive into the still unsolved murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor in 1922.

Dahlia is packed with research footnotes, and, if it's anything like his Taylor book, it is solid research. I haven't begun it yet, so don't know who his suspect is, or if he has one, but it's a book I am actually looking forward to spending an afternoon with.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:06 AM (ufSfZ)

10 Finished Brandon Fisichella's Corpse War of 1793, a fiction of a survivor of a zombie war in East Anglia.
It was a good read if you like Sci-fi, he did change the Zombie rules , if thats expected but not maybe unusual to newer stories as a writer might want to make their story different yet being in early the French revolution era it is different.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 09:06 AM (Ia/+0)

11 The first book I read, one that my grandmother selected to teach me to read, was a collection of Grimm's fairy tales and poems. I can still see the illustrations of Red Riding Hood and the mouse running down the clock in my head.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 09:06 AM (0U5gm)

12 Good morning again and thanks MP4

That cover shot is the version of 1984 I read, but I had read Animal Farm previously which was very jarring and disturbing. Most of my peers who read it did not see anything other than a story about a farm and what I remember is the growing sense I saw the world differently than they did.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

13 Who's the lady with the enormous large hat?

Posted by: dantesed at February 01, 2026 09:07 AM (Oy/m2)

14 The character is the White Queen.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:07 AM (ufSfZ)

15 Hi Horde. Iced in here, as I assume many of you are.

Something hit me yesterday which I should have thought of decades ago. In Pride and Prejudice, why is it that Mr Collins's name is Collins? As we are told the estate is entailed in the male line, shouldn't he be another Bennett? He is a cousin, but some of my cousins share my last name - the ones descended from my father's brother, or my grandfather's brother (2nd cousins).

The answer to the first is Winnie the Pooh/House on Pooh Corner, which should surprise everyone. The 2nd was the Just So Stories.

One that changed my life was Churchill's World Crisis, which hooked me on naval history, forever.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 01, 2026 09:08 AM (AlhUl)

16 The first book I ever read? You'll have to be more specific as to what "book" means. I certainly recall a children's story called Space Cat Goes to Mars which I read in first or second grade -- but I'd been reading for a while before that. In grammar school I always preferred adventures and Westerns to more traditional "kid" fare. The Whitman TV Adventures for Young Readers novels, based on shows like Roy Rogers, Maverick, Have Gun -- Will Travel, and others were a staple of my reading in third to about sixth grade, when I graduated to Alfred Hitchcock anthologies of crime, suspense, and the supernatural.

I really can't recall a first "book," if you define "book" as a hardback or paperback with actual text.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:08 AM (wzUl9)

17 I don't remember my early childhood clearly but, I distinctly remember reading a Jack London novel and a book of children's folk tales.

I loved the folk tale book so much I sought out copies for the kids. It was published in 1934 and has the most vivid illustrations. Beautiful colors that you just don't see in today's volumes.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 09:09 AM (cYBz/)

18 One of my professors, Peter L Heath, was the author of The Philosopher's Alice.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 01, 2026 09:10 AM (AlhUl)

19 That cover shot is the version of 1984 I read, but I had read Animal Farm previously which was very jarring and disturbing. Most of my peers who read it did not see anything other than a story about a farm and what I remember is the growing sense I saw the world differently than they did.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

Animal Farm is one of the few Orwell books that I can't really read. It's odd, but I can read about Winston Smith being tortured and not flinch, but Boxer being sent to the knackers really affects me. I think AF would have been much less effective if Orwell had used humans and set it in some sort of island community.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:10 AM (ufSfZ)

20 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading. Given the cold temps, nasty wind chill factor and ice on top of snow, it was a good excuse to stay put, stay warm, and read. (I'll take any chance for that.)

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 09:10 AM (yTvNw)

21 First book?
No doubt some children's book, can't say first history book but did remember well reading in 8th grade I think Hell in a Very Small Place, a history of the French battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. I llearned Communists were evil and have never turned back from.that concept.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 09:10 AM (Ia/+0)

22 First book outside of Dr. Seuss was I think Winnie the Pooh, and it’s sequels. I always liked maps, I remember studying the map of the 100 aker wood just inside the cover and understanding where everything was at. I think I was 4.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 09:11 AM (IUuBi)

23 I think AF would have been much less effective if Orwell had used humans and set it in some sort of island community.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:10 AM (ufSfZ)

Instead of humans, flies!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 09:11 AM (uQesX)

24 Good Sunday morning, horde!

I suppose all of the books I've read change my life in some way. If for no other reason, just the compiled and ever-increasing information and vocabulary from each one expands my mind.

I can't think of a specific book that really grabbed me and changed my outlook.

Wait, maybe there was....I spent an entire summer between sixth and seventh grade reading a book on art history. I learned a lot from it, and it informed my own artistic interest and style.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 01, 2026 09:12 AM (h7ZuX)

25 TBH, I'm sure I read books before Alice - it's just that Carroll is the first author I can remember.

I also enjoyed tales of Robin Hood, with the constant mentioning of 'nut-brown ale' and wondering what that must taste like. I didn't get into the Arthurian romances until high school.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:13 AM (ufSfZ)

26 Probably getting on ebook next is Rick Atkinson's The Army at Dawn a history of the North African campaign 1942-3. That theater of WWII was my first fascinating

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 09:13 AM (Ia/+0)

27 The Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 01, 2026 09:14 AM (jqHAs)

28 Yesterday I threw out a question in KT's 1st thread, but shit happened and I was unable to stay around. It strikes me as not inappropriate here. It is why do we always assume that a "high-trust" society is an unalloyed good?

To develop the idea, note that one arguable problem is that the people of the society will tend to be over trusting in the competence and integrity of those in authority. (The proof of that is essentially the history of the 21st Century, so far.) I note this was, when I was young, a standard criticism of Scandanavia.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 01, 2026 09:14 AM (AlhUl)

29 Yay book thread! First book is hard to say in absolute terms, but The Lorax was the mainstay of my early childhood. I'm reading it to the grandkids and it captivates them. They're all hyper and then I start reading the brooding introduction and they immediately fall silent, fascinated by the mystery that they've heard hundreds of times.

Important books? Lord of the Rings and Sword of Honour. I read the former in middle school and revisited it annually for twenty years or so. Lifelong Tolkien addict.

I discovered Sword of Honour at a crisis point in my life, and its explanation and demonstration of Catholic faith in action transformed me.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)

30 Books that changed my life? The Shining by Stephen King. I very much identified with Jack, the tragic, alcoholic figure of the novel, in that my drinking too was getting out of control. When I read of him going dry, I shot for the same thing, and made almost four years at it.

The Past Through Tomorrow, the collection of future history stories by Heinlein, certainly changed my view of science fiction. Suddenly I understood what the field was all about: not just space travel or time travel or surprise Twilight Zone-ish endings, but about people.

Ellery Queen's mysteries, and to a lesser degree my earlier acquaintance with Sherlock Holmes, had a profound influence on my thinking. EQ's mysteries were solvable by the reader (if he were a genius, at least); they did not require specialized knowledge of the mud around London or of cigar ash, as in SH stories. They taught me to look for patterns in data and to reason from what I found. Which stood me in good stead later as a computer programmer!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:14 AM (wzUl9)

31 The first book(s) I remember reading on my very own are Little House on the Prairie and A Wrinkle in Time. I was probably around 8-9. I'm sure I read other children's books but not novels. My dad had gotten a set of Funk & Wagnells encyclopedias and I think they had thrown in about 8 books that were the first book in the series of books. I believe the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was also in there. I can't remember the rest of the books but those 3 made an impression. I have been a constant reader since.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 01, 2026 09:15 AM (VCgbV)

32 Happy books news: the audiobook of Battle Officer Wolf is now available for your listening pleasure. I used the automated voice, which is decent and also free. The process of converting it allowed me to make additional corrections, and I will move ahead with my other books in no particular order.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)

33 Morning, MP4.

Howdy, Horde.

First book read? Can't remember -- I don't recall a time when I couldn't read, and would read anything from comics and kids books to cereal box labels over breakfast.

Changed my life? Heinlein's The Puppet Masters. Began devouring SF after stumbling over that one, and read almost nothing else for pleasure for a little over a decade. That was both good and bad for me, I think.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 09:17 AM (q3u5l)

34 On a grumpier writing note, I sometimes wonder why I bust myself trying to come up with a good plot for my new novel when the most obvious, ham-handed woke crap sells millions.

It's a movie, but I'm talking about the screenplay for Send Help. Just looking at the trailer makes it obvious that (spoiler!) the woman kills the man and becomes rich and successful in the end. It couldn't be written that the two ally themselves or that the man kills the woman - no, it has to be the blatant, woke, 'yas kween!' shit.

**grumbles**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:18 AM (ufSfZ)

35 I think my first book must have been one of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, if only because my mother really loved them so that gives the best odds of that being the book where I started following the words myself rather than just listening.

As to books that changed my life, I think Heinlein's Moon is a Harsh Mistress, which I read far too young and put me onto science fiction for good; and an obscure book by Adrian Berry called The Next Ten Thousand Years, which immunized me against Malthusian doomerism.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 01, 2026 09:18 AM (78a2H)

36 Morning horde… how goes it?

Great questions from MP4!

Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at February 01, 2026 09:19 AM (5WBUQ)

37 An early book for me was Bible Stories for Young People, a large-format and illustrated collection of both Old Testament and New Testament stories. Tot his day I have dim memories of Elijah and the ravens, Shadrach and his compatriots in the fiery furnace, and others from the pen-and-ink illustrations.

I peeped into my mother's nursing textbooks, which she did not want me to look at. After seeing some of the horrible photographs of various patient conditions, I wished I'd listened to her. Nothing like a shot of somebody with elephantiasis to put you off your feed for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:19 AM (wzUl9)

38 Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours would be the first I remember having a lasting impact. Don't know when Mom brought it home, but it was always there.

Posted by: Berwyn Mutt - Home of Svengoolie at February 01, 2026 09:19 AM (HcbZb)

39 Are Robin and Little Red Riding related Hoods? And are hoodlums their descendants?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 09:19 AM (8zz6B)

40 Love the Tenniel drawing up top, but don’t remember it. Which character is that with Alice?
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026

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I was going to say the Red Queen, but she was pretty imperious. One of the other playing-card figures?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9)

41 Good morning bibliophiles. Thanks, MP4, for taking up the baton.

"I loved the folk tale book so much I sought out copies for the kids. It was published in 1934 and has the most vivid illustrations. Beautiful colors that you just don't see in today's volumes.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 09:09 AM (cYBz/)"
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I, too, remember reading a book of folk tales with lush, complex illustrations. To this day I can visualize Puss in Boots and his marvelous tooled leather boots! Wish I could recall what book that was.

Why do adults think kids want simple illustrations? Is it because that's all a child can draw at that age?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 09:20 AM (kpS4V)

42
1. Go Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman.
2. Wild At Heart by John Eldredge.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 01, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

43
The first books I can clearly remember reading were:

Green Eggs and Ham
The Littlest Angel
Little Black Sambo
Winnie the Pooh (and various related texts like "Now We are Six")
Mother Goose Rhymes

Loved all of that stuff. Esp. LBS.

But, I was a question kid: "Why is the sky blue?" "Why is grass green?" "What is the sun?" "Why is there night?"...etc all the time, so

my folks bought me a lot of Kid-Level science books along with fossil and dinosaur books.

And I was off, I read almost nothing but science books along with the occasional comic and mythology books(somewhere along the line I learned that people believed in other gods, which fascinated me and I was off on that as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)

44 Life changing: Notes from Underground, The Possessed (better than Crime and Punishment and Brothers K, IMO), and Darkness at Noon.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 01, 2026 09:22 AM (XvL8K)

45 Everybody remembers the World Book or the Encyclopaedia Britannica, but who remembers the World Book encyclopedia? We had that when I was growing up and I loved just poking through it, reading entries here and there. I still collect small sets of encyclopedias and old dictionaries as well; it makes me sad to think they'll all end up in the garbage when I die.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:22 AM (ufSfZ)

46 First book can't remember either, but I remember I loved Go Dog Go and hated Are You My Mother?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2026 09:22 AM (7fpSt)

47 I didn't finish any books this past week. I just kept working through a couple different books. Three different comic collections, and a non-fiction prose ebook.

The prose book is an overview/summary of the various wars between Africans and Europeans during the late 19th century. In the early-going, the author spent a bit of time talking about the Zulus, and the migrations within Africa that their rise caused. The author cited several observations made by Dr. Livingstone during his travels....and it made me realize that I know nothing about Dr. Livingstone, save the for the scene of some guy walking into a clearing and saying 'Doctor Livingstone, I presume?"

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026 09:23 AM (Lhaco)

48 I don’t know if a single book changed my life, but the epic fantasy I read as a teenager definitely affected my outlook on Good and Evil.

Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at February 01, 2026 09:23 AM (5WBUQ)

49 At the same time I discovered Tolkien, I also got into Winston Churchill's The Second World War.

My grandparents had an illustrated "young readers" version by Time-Life, and I read through it constantly. It had some of the best known passages of Churchill's book, his speeches, repeated the iconic chapter headings and the gaps were filled by editorial commentary or summaries in a different font.

Lavishly illustrated, neat little maps and inherited it. Still on my shelf. The maps got me thinking about wargaming before I knew that was a thing. I would set out blankets on the floor and populate it with dominos and poker chips to represent borders, defensive lines and unit types (white was infantry, red armor, yellow artillery and blue was air/special) on land, at sea red was destroyers, white cruisers, yellow battleships and blue aircraft (sitting on a domino) or submarines. Also landing craft.

I remember being amazed to discover people actually made wargames out of paper. A dream come true!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 09:23 AM (ZOv7s)

50 First book I ever read was "The Big Green Thing" when I was 4. Mom wrote a note on the inside cover that I read it myself. I dearly want to find it; it has to be inside their (now my) house.

First book I read after that would have to be a Hardy Boys story, but I can't recall which.

Book that changed my life is a Harold Robbins novel that I found in Grandpa's shack in the back yard. (Today we would call it a man cave.) He had shelves of paperbacks, and during one visit I came across a paperback with a photo of a woman in bed. No bra straps. Hmm.

I flipped through it and came upon a scene that explained the relationship between sex and babies. I grew up on a farm, and I knew cows had calves, but I didn't understand the role of the bull. And I knew women had babies, but I thought marriage was a mandatory component.

Needless to say, I beelined for that shack during subsequent vusits.

Confession: I have never read Orwell, Rand, or any of the Western Civ readings. Maybe some Plato.

Posted by: Weak Geek at February 01, 2026 09:23 AM (p/isN)

51 No memory of the first book I read. Most likely a fairy tale with illustrations. It was certainly before kindergarten and being bored with the 'see Spot run' schools always started with. The first reading, not a book, was probably the comics section of the local paper. I knew the alphabet and my grandfather, bless him, showed me how to sound out the words.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 09:23 AM (yTvNw)

52 Oh, FFS! I meant, who remembers Grolier's Book of Knowledge encyclopedia.

Dumbass.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:24 AM (ufSfZ)

53 Yesterday I threw out a question in KT's 1st thread, but shit happened and I was unable to stay around. It strikes me as not inappropriate here. It is why do we always assume that a "high-trust" society is an unalloyed good?

To develop the idea, note that one arguable problem is that the people of the society will tend to be over trusting in the competence and integrity of those in authority. (The proof of that is essentially the history of the 21st Century, so far.) I note this was, when I was young, a standard criticism of Scandanavia.

Posted by: Eeyore

My idea of a high trust society is based on local personal interaction, not trust in government. To me, high trust is where everyone expects their neighbors to behave in a way that is conducive to each others' well-being. You expect your neighbors to have a casual eye out for danger in the neighborhood. This is the same behavior that herd animals exhibit. If your daily life is that anything not nailed down will be stolen by neighbors, you don't have a high trust society, in fact, you don't really have a society at all. I believe the flaw is that this system is not applicable to larger systems or government.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 09:24 AM (0U5gm)

54 Let's hear it for the Hard Case Crime line. Without it, we would find it much more difficult to see how top thriller writers honed their craft. Case in point: "361" by Donald Westlake.

The title is explained on the page before the title page as a reference to homicide. Wbose reference is not made clear.

Ray Kelly, freshly discharged from the Air Force, is picked up in New York City by his father. As they start their drive home to Binghamton, a car pulls beside them and somebody inside opens fire. Result: Daddy dead and Ray badly banged up in the ensuing crash. He's even lost an eye.

Ray and his brother, Bill, learn that Daddy was once a lawyer for a top mobster, who is about to get out after 25 years in prison. He wants to revive the old gang and push out the usurpers. Was this why Daddy was killed?

Westlake spins a tale of revenge with a few twists. That same year (1962), under the pen name Richard Stark, he published "The Hunter," his first Parker book, and his career moved into high gear.

Posted by: Weak Geek at February 01, 2026 09:24 AM (p/isN)

55 Just started reading " Somewhere For Me" a biography of the composer Richard Rodgers by Meryle Secrest. It's quite lengthy and packed with nostalgic photos.

Posted by: Tuna at February 01, 2026 09:25 AM (lJ0H4)

56 Of course the James Bond novels were an influence on the young Wolfus. Mom bought each paperback -- this was arund the time of the first movie -- but thought they were on the whole too racy and adult for me. However, one night she handed me Doctor No and asked me to read the part of the chapter where Bond awakes, naked in his bed, with the deadly venomous centipede crawling on him. Hooked me good. After that I sneaked reads of the action scenes (I was too young yet for the sexy ones).

I must have read the Dr. Fu Manchu stories before that, because Doctor No himself reminded me very strongly of the Chinese mastermind. And I know I read the Tarzan series when I was about ten. Some were better stories than others, but each contained fascinating stuff.

Never got into the Burroughs Mars stories, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:26 AM (wzUl9)

57 "I think my first book must have been one of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, if only because my mother really loved them so that gives the best odds of that being the book where I started following the words myself rather than just listening."

The same with me. I remember the moment when my mother misspoke and I corrected her by reading the word from the text. She suddenly realized that I was actually reading and not just memorizing what she said. I think was about 3 years old. I can't remember the first book I read by myself, but I know I could read pretty well by the time I started school.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 01, 2026 09:26 AM (FEVMW)

58 A compilation of Sad Sack cartoons was the first book I remember.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 01, 2026 09:28 AM (XvL8K)

59 Too many books have informed my view of the world. No lightning bolt/road to Damascus revelations, just "ah...yes!" moments.

My love of art and history made me tethered more to the past, aesthetically.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 09:28 AM (kpS4V)

60 Orwell couldnt because the leftwing book club minders

Who are still around btw

Thaf seems like a plot wriiten in crsyon by homer

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 09:29 AM (bXbFr)

61 "See Spot Run"

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 01, 2026 09:29 AM (jrgJz)

62 Know exactly when I learned to read: at my grandmother's house, a couple of months after my 4th birthday, and she had simple, heavily-illustrated children's books; looking at one, really just for the pictures, and it was like a switch flipped in my brain - suddenly, I knew what the words on the page said. No idea of the name of the book, though. First book I read that I can name was Escape to Danger, in 2nd grade; Lord of the Rings started me on fantasy & science fiction, which have been my main reading for 50 years now, so could say that it changed my life.

Posted by: Nazdar at February 01, 2026 09:29 AM (NcvvS)

63 I have also always loved the detailed colorful illustrations in children's books.

As an adult I hunt those down. Andrew Lang's "colored" fairy books illustrated by Henry J. Ford is one kind.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2026 09:29 AM (7fpSt)

64 Working on the audiobook cut into my reading time, so minimal progress on Ovid and The War for Middle Earth. The latter goes into a bit more detail on the war records of Tolkien and Lewis, and it's clear to me that a lot of Tolkien's early work were a form of therapy.

The scene where a jaded and war-wearing Beren is beguiled by Luthien dancing in a forest glade is based on an actual event, and it stuck with him for the rest of his life.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)

65 Our encyclopedia was a supermarket one-volume-a-week (or month, maybe -- I forget). Early books I remember from pre-Heinlein days -- Roy Chapman Andrews' dinosaur books, Roy Gallant's astronomy books for kids (Chesley Bonestell paintings for illustrations IIRC), book club copies of London, Kipling, Verne, & Lamb's Shakespeare. Classics Illustrated comics. etc, etc, etc. Pre-Heinlein, I read almost anything I could lay my hands on, with a preference for science stuff.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 09:30 AM (q3u5l)

66 George Pullman became wealthy by making luxurious railroad cars, and built a model city for his workers to improve their lives. Ironically, these workers would begin the largest and most violent strike in US history. In The Edge of Anarchy, Jack Kelly describes how the panic of 1893 led to the massive strike action, boycotts, and actual battles that followed.

The traditional response to a depression was for companies to cut wages, and when the Chemical Bank failed, this began. Pullman's employees decided to fight back, and not only went on strike, they asked other workers to boycott Pullman. One strike leader was Eugene Debs, the socialist who later would run for president from prison.

As the strike widened, railroads around the country began to stall, making the depression worse. The Chicago stockyards, passengers, and freight began to pile up. As the strike grew violent, Grover Cleveland sent in troops to restore order, and under attack, they fired on the crowds.

What finally ended the strike was the workers running out of savings. Pullman never fully recovered from his failed experiment and when he died, was buried in a concrete bunker to avoid desecration.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 09:30 AM (0U5gm)

67 Reading Blake Crouch's "Recursion," which is about memory and apparent time travel. It's honestly a tough read for me, for as with the characters in the book who end up using the technology to seemingly travel in time to try to fix that one moment where their lives went off the rails, I, too, have that moment in the past that I wish I could somehow prevent from happening, as its occurrence completely destroyed my peace and family for the next ten years. Alas, you can't change the past, as I think the characters in the book are going to discover soon.

Also just getting ready to start a new Alastair Reynolds standalone novel called "Halcyon Years," in which a private dick on a generation starship investigates a murder. As with all of Reynolds' works, I'm certain I'll love it. I also read a couple of his short novellas called "Merlin's Gun" and "The Six Directions of Space," both of which were excellent.

Greeting!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 01, 2026 09:30 AM (/RHNq)

68 My father read lots of Winnie the Pooh to me, and later Mark Twain.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

69 Just started reading " Somewhere For Me" a biography of the composer Richard Rodgers by Meryle Secrest. It's quite lengthy and packed with nostalgic photos.
Posted by: Tuna at February 01, 2026 09:25 AM (lJ0H4)

His daughter Mary is the subject of a recent bio, Shy.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:30 AM (ufSfZ)

70 My very first book was a reader called Kip the Dog. It was about a dog.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 09:31 AM (RIvkX)

71 BTW, if folks haven't read MP4's Theda Bara mysteries, they should. He really brings you into the era and settings with characters you learn to care about. And no, I didn't solve the mystery early on. I'm looking forward to the third book whenever it comes out.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 09:31 AM (yTvNw)

72 Then after an intervsl i got interested in astrononomy and science fiction

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 09:31 AM (bXbFr)

73 52 Oh, FFS! I meant, who remembers Grolier's Book of Knowledge encyclopedia.
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Me, me!!!
Also Collier's Junior Classics!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2026 09:32 AM (7fpSt)

74 I did read a number of the Hardy Boys books. Mystery was my meat and drink, after all. It helped that I identified with Frank and Joe, who were in high school or college; I did not enjoy many stories with kids my age as the heroes. (Watching my first Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode with Kurt Russell as the 12-year-old innocent, I identified not with him but with Napoleon Solo.)

I outgrew the HBs fairly early as I moved on to the Alfred Hitchcock anthologies of grown-up suspense stories.

Apparently I missed out on a lot of the traditional kids' books like the Pooh tales and Wind in the Willows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

75 >>Grolier's Book of Knowledge encyclopedia.

Wasn't that the original Jeopardy! 'source authority'?

Posted by: Nazdar at February 01, 2026 09:33 AM (NcvvS)

76 It's amusing to me to see how many members of the Horde put fantasy and SF up there in their lists of books. Those are two genres that have never appealed to me (I suppose you could consider Alice fantasy, though).

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ufSfZ)

77 I'm reading two very good books this week.

C.J.Box's "Battle Mountain" (2025) has Nate and his friend Geronimo following the trail of Alex Soledad, the man who killed Nate's wife and attempted to kill Geronimo's family. The charismatic Soledad has a small army of disaffected ex-military followers, and they react violently when two hunters stumble upon their group staking out a mega rich people's lodge. They shoot and kidnap the two hunters, one of whom is the governor's SIL, and this brings Joe Pickett into the fray.

This is a return to top form for Box. His last couple of books were good but not great. This one is great.

I'm about halfway through the third book in Alan Smale's alternate history space race series Apollo Rising, "Burning Night". The Cold War just turned very hot and it's being fought on the Moon as well as Earth.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 09:34 AM (kpS4V)

78 Around seventh grade or so, I found a paperback copy of The Exorcist in the house. I can't imagine Mom reading this, but she must have thought she wanted to.

I read it, and that definitely changed my outlook. I hadn't previously had any concept of true evil, and after reading that, I did.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 01, 2026 09:34 AM (h7ZuX)

79 First book I read? Probably something by Richard Scarry. My parents had a well-worn copy of one of his books, and I'm told I would not move on to the next page until I read out every caption on the page. There's a Monster at the End of This Book is another old one..

Something I read early on put me on a dog-in-the-wilderness kick. White Fang, Call of the Wild, Big Red, or maybe Snow Dog...

Redwall and Dragonsong put me on a lifelong fantasy kick.

Some random Garfield collection was my first comic purchase. But The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes was the first purchase I treasured. Excalibur 101 and What If 89 were my first foray into comic books, as opposed to comic strips...

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026 09:34 AM (Lhaco)

80 I was looking at the "new books" section of my library's website and holy crap have libraries gone off the deep end. The new hotness is "remixes"
-"What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix" (they're blackish)
- "A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix" (they're female and Asian)
- "Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo and Juliet Remix" (two gay boys)
- "So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix" (e'r'body black!)
-"Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix" (hijabs and ME politics!)
-"My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix" (blaaaaaack)
Etc.

I've enjoyed some retelling of classics because they approach the story from different angles, but they were character-driven. These are just ideology-driven. The race and gender swapping can't end soon enough for me.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 09:35 AM (kpS4V)

81 1. _Born Free_, Joy Adamson's biography of Elsa, the lioness. I can remember because I did not learn to read until I was eight years old. I blame the "progressive" UH Lab School and negligent parents.
2. Quine, _From a Logical Point of View_, specifically, the essay "Two Dogmas of Empiricism". I was depressed for two weeks. Losing your faith hurts, like amputation without anesthesia.

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at February 01, 2026 09:35 AM (lOlGn)

82 The earliest book I remember reading was The Happy Little Whale. IIRC, it involves a little whale who is separated from his pod by a whaling ship. He ends up being taken to a SeaWorld-like park, where he lives happily ever after. Things have changed in children's literature.

https://is.gd/IzN250

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

83 Our encyclopedia was a supermarket one-volume-a-week (or month, maybe -- I forget). . . .
Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026

***
The Golden Book Encyclopedia series? I think it was a weekly arrangement. Later we had the high-school level version of the same thing. They helped me write a *lot* of papers in jr. high and high school.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

84 The traditional response to a depression was for companies to cut wages, and when the Chemical Bank failed, this began.

Of course, Pullman kept the rents and company store prices at the same levels as before when he cut his workers' wages, which didn't help matters. I wonder if he had announced that, until the panic was over, costs would be cut along with wages, would there still have been a strike? Probably.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:36 AM (ufSfZ)

85 At some point i started with the readers digest condensed books maybe something from robin cook the sphinx i think

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 09:36 AM (bXbFr)

86 It's amusing to me to see how many members of the Horde put fantasy and SF up there in their lists of books. Those are two genres that have never appealed to me (I suppose you could consider Alice fantasy, though).
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ufSfZ)
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Other than Tolkien (and later C.S. Lewis), I'd abandoned both genres by college, focusing heavily on military history and when I read fiction, it was mostly of the literary sort, like Conrad, later Waugh.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

87 First book was a children’s one with the main character (an animal) who had a similar name to mine. Also loved Grimm and fairy tales. One thing I do remember as a child was the gorgeous artwork in the books that really helped you become part of the story. I think that idea was the hook to readying for me. In High School read one of the first Bourne books and thinking is this real? Is this how you get fake id’s etc? That and Agatha Christie I suppose showed how there are people who have different objectives or ways of doing things than perhaps is done on the daily.

Posted by: Hyacinth at February 01, 2026 09:37 AM (ryp7h)

88 53 ...
My idea of a high trust society is based on local personal interaction, not trust in government. To me, high trust is where everyone expects their neighbors to behave in a way that is conducive to each others' well-being. You expect your neighbors to have a casual eye out for danger in the neighborhood. This is the same behavior that herd animals exhibit. If your daily life is that anything not nailed down will be stolen by neighbors, you don't have a high trust society, in fact, you don't really have a society at all. I believe the flaw is that this system is not applicable to larger systems or government.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 09:24 AM (0U5gm)
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Your understanding is like most people's. But remember, nothing human is perfect or perfectible. I believe what I described goes with it. Also, is a low trust society means "in fact, you don't really have a society at all", then what work is "high trust" doing?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 01, 2026 09:37 AM (AlhUl)

89 I wasn't really censored by my parents as far as reading material. I remember reading pretty adult level books at a young age. Probably because I read what my parents had left around. I'm sure my first Stephen King book was my dad's. Salems Lot or Pet Cemetery. I read all his stuff pre 2000 before he went crazy. But I also read romances. In high school, my cousin came to visit and I borrowed a David Eddings book. That started my love for Fantasy books. My reading has always been eclectic.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 01, 2026 09:37 AM (VCgbV)

90 I can't think of a book that changed my life.

I did have a teacher though who did based on her concern that I wasn't going to develop into a well-rounded young man because...I read nothing but science books.

So, she convinced my folks that I should stop reading science and start reading fiction, which annoyed me to no end.

so, I started reading a lot more fiction. Some history and biography, which overall I found boring cuz it'd already happened and was done. Scientific discovery bios I found interesting cuz it explain the scientific method in real life and discovery was ongoing.

Fiction made me realize that it was a lot like scientific research in that all stories were a kind of "theory" abut how things would come together if X was added to y and catalyzed by z, if you see what I mean. And I realized that I could right stories.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

91 The book that changed my life was Tuchman's A Distant Mirror. It turned me to a doctorate in bacteriology after undergraduate degrees in biology and chemistry.
It's been said nothing focus the mind like being shot at, but finding flea bites on your ankles the day after collecting plague samples from an infected prairie dog village is pretty damn close.

Posted by: retropox at February 01, 2026 09:38 AM (0JEjf)

92 How are you doing mpps

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 09:38 AM (bXbFr)

93 Holy shit, Eris, those books are obscene.

I should make Theda Bara a black lesbian.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:38 AM (ufSfZ)

94 I enjoyed reading JK Rowling, writing under the Robert Galbraith pseudonym, the first novel in her Cormaran Strike series, "Cuckoo's Calling."

Very talented writer. I read it on my Kindle and needed the embedded dictionary from time to time. She's wonderfully descriptive. The quotes at beginnings of chapters are good. The quote at the end is from "Ulysses."

So I say to AI, hey, what might I read in the way of a Brit detective novel that would be in the vein of the Robert Galbraith thing I just finished. AI said to read "Three Mysteries: A Novel" by Kate Atkinson. The PI is some Scotsman named Brodie.

Well, AI was wrong. This Kate Atkinson cannot hold a candle to Rowling. I quit reading it at about the one-third mark and won't go back.

The Cuckoo book, to me, had some Dickensian passages, so if you like Dickens, which I do, you'll like Cuckoo. But I was surprised reading some book reviews, and also answers to inquiries (AI) as to whether Rowling's novels are up there with the best in detective mysteries. AI says she's OK but somewhat pedestrian.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 01, 2026 09:39 AM (KiBMU)

95 70 My very first book was a reader called Kip the Dog. It was about a dog.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 09:31 AM (RIvkX)

What was the dog's name?

Posted by: Sophomore English Major at Harvard at February 01, 2026 09:40 AM (CpcAD)

96 I also remember my grandmother using different voices for different characters when reading to me, which made the stories more interesting, and I employed that technique to great effect with my kids as I taught them to read.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 09:40 AM (0U5gm)

97 One of my grandsons turns nine tomorrow.
His gift from me (that he asked for) is a collection Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. How cool is that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 01, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

98 Currently, I'm re-reading Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's high-fun fantasy, Good Omens. If you're not familiar with it, the concept is that an angel and a demon are working together to *head off* the end of the world as heralded by the birth of the Antichrist. The angel certainly doesn't want to destroy the world, and neither does the demon -- he enjoys the world too much. They have found out what secret agents on opposite sides have often discovered: Each has more in common with his opposite number out in the field than he does with his superiors back at headquarters.

NG and TP clearly had their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks, and the writing alone is a delight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

99 It's been said nothing focus the mind like being shot at, but finding flea bites on your ankles the day after collecting plague samples from an infected prairie dog village is pretty damn close.

Sphincter status:
[X] Puckered
[ ] Not puckered

Posted by: Archimedes at February 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

100 Nochmals Guten Morgen, Horde!

Which was my first book? It’s difficult to be certain given all of the Little Golden Books laying around my room when I was growing up. My parents told me that by age three I had memorized The Little Engine that Could, so I’m going with that.

Which was the most life-changing? The Bible. I started with the basics (the Gospels, the Ten Commandments, a few Psalms and one or two Proverbs) in the King James Version in childhood but got farther along with the New International Version starting around 1990.

Aside from the Bible, the life-changer might have been Fighting Jets, one of the final volumes of the Time-Live series The Epic of Flight. It pretty much solidified in my mind what I thought I wanted to do with my life.

Thanks for the thread, MP4!

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at February 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Yg2TI)

101 'Monster at the end of this book' was the last early book I kept. I'm sure not the first I'd read or been given.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at February 01, 2026 09:41 AM (KaHlS)

102 The Cuckoo book, to me, had some Dickensian passages, so if you like Dickens, which I do, you'll like Cuckoo. But I was surprised reading some book reviews, and also answers to inquiries (AI) as to whether Rowling's novels are up there with the best in detective mysteries. AI says she's OK but somewhat pedestrian.
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 01, 2026

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The one Galbraith I've read -- the first, I think -- was overlong, and did not really feature a thunderbolt solution a la Queen or Carr, or even Christie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

103 *sigh*

But apparently I didn't learn to spell.

right stories = write stories

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 09:42 AM (iJfKG)

104 Oh, FFS! I meant, who remembers Grolier's Book of Knowledge encyclopedia.

Dumbass.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:24 AM (ufSfZ)

Sure. Forgot all about me.

Posted by: Encyclopedia Americana at February 01, 2026 09:42 AM (uQesX)

105 45 Everybody remembers the World Book or the Encyclopaedia Britannica, but who remembers the World Book encyclopedia? We had that when I was growing up and I loved just poking through it, reading entries here and there. I still collect small sets of encyclopedias and old dictionaries as well; it makes me sad to think they'll all end up in the garbage when I die.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:22 AM (ufSfZ)

My parents had a World Book set, and I remember spending way too much time with it.

I also had an atlas book that I carried around with me a bunch.

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Lhaco)

106 46 First book can't remember either, but I remember I loved Go Dog Go and hated Are You My Mother?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2026 09:22 AM (7fpSt)

*fistbump

We are sisters in spirit. Go Dog, Go was the best. I loved the wide-crowned trees, so unlike the tall trees I knew.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 01, 2026 09:43 AM (h7ZuX)

107 but who remembers the World Book encyclopedia

We had the world book encyclopedia, and the Jacques Cousteau encyclopedia. Cousteau had far better pictures.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 01, 2026 09:43 AM (EXyHK)

108 The book that most influenced me is one I cannot even name. I think is was by Albert Camus because it was set in Algeria in the middle 1900s. About the life of a poverty stricken boy who grew into a very wealthy adult by following one rule - "never turn down something offered for nothing". Maybe one of the tribe here can name the book. I'd sure like to find a copy.

Posted by: oldgeezer at February 01, 2026 09:44 AM (569Pr)

109 Poppins, I avert despair because I choose to believe parents and kids select books they actually want to read, and not the swill pushed by the Library Industrial Complex.

It's especially egregious during Identity Months, I've noticed.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 09:44 AM (kpS4V)

110 The Cat in the Hat, for starters.
Reading was the light bulb moment for me. My Dad was very patient about answering my "What does "wxyz" spell?" questions, but he was a reader, too.

Three books that eventually changed my life: "In This House of Brede" (Godden), "The Cardinal" (Robinson) and "The Dry Wood" (Houselander). Started me on the longish path into the Church.

Devoured the "Golden Book Encyclopedias" on the day they arrived from the grocery.

Posted by: sal at February 01, 2026 09:44 AM (f+FmA)

111 Encyclopedia Brown! That was a character I read a lot of when I was young, but it didn't lead to a lifetime of reading mysteries.

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026 09:44 AM (Lhaco)

112 Of course, Pullman kept the rents and company store prices at the same levels as before when he cut his workers' wages, which didn't help matters. I wonder if he had announced that, until the panic was over, costs would be cut along with wages, would there still have been a strike? Probably.

Posted by: Mary Poppins'

Yes, probably, because people like Debs were involved. I will note that to this day, wage growth and wage deflation still exist and are used by economists to gauge economic conditions, though in modern times, it is hours that are reduced, not wages.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 09:45 AM (0U5gm)

113 How are you doing mpps
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 09:38 AM (bXbFr)

Do you really want to know?

OK, I suppose. About 3 weeks into total sobriety, but that's a story for a GAINZZ thread. Trying to write, but for some reason I simply can't get enthused about the plot, the people or the time and it feels like work rather than anything else.

And of course, my friend and writing muse continues to have wonderful luck. Even though Kathleen Kennedy no longer helms Lucasfilms, she is still pushing to adapt my friend's book, Becoming Hazel, into either a feature film or a Netflix limited-episode series. I try to be happy for her, but it's so hard for me to swallow the envy I have and not let her know my true feelings.

I thought if I gave up drinking, I wouldn't brood so much or hate myself so much, but no. Of course, it has been only 3 weeks, so. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:45 AM (ufSfZ)

114 Wolfus, that supermarket encyclopedia we had was probably some variant of a Funk & Wagnall's rather than a Golden Book set. Later (6th or 7th grade maybe), we replaced it with a Collier's. And I wrote a lot of school papers with that one (and more than a few book reports with the aid of Classics Illustrated -- and the memory of some of those comics came in handy in college as well. Bless them.)

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 09:45 AM (q3u5l)

115 First book I read of any length was one of the Hardy Boys.

Off topic, but what's happened to Jackstraw? Have not seen a post from him in some days?

Posted by: Dad of Six at February 01, 2026 09:46 AM (vUDHB)

116 I wasn't really censored by my parents as far as reading material. I remember reading pretty adult level books at a young age.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 01, 2026 09:37 AM (VCgbV)
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For a time, my mother attempted to steer me away from military history, which fascinated me from the get-go. She also forbade me to have "war toys," which my father completely wrecked by sending he home from weekend visits with toy guns and army men.

My maternal grandmother (who owned the Churchill book) mocked my mother. "Let him read what interests him!" and to drive the point home, she bought "Weapons and Warfare of the 20th Century" for me when I was five because I found it in a book store and loved all the pictures. She even inscribed it to me. (Do people do that anymore?) That ended the discussion.

I will say that I wish my parents had shown greater discretion in the sophistication level of what I read, because in retrospect, I read some very age-inappropriate material that had negative downstream effects. My wife went through a similar experience, and so we took care to curate the reading choices of our kids in that respect.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)

117 Thanks for another fascinating Book Thread, MP4!

It seems I've always been reading so it's hard to say what the first book was, or what influenced me. I did make it to the edge of adulthood with my (often read) Bronte and O. Henry books in tow, and I still have them to this day.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 01, 2026 09:46 AM (kB9dk)

118 First book was that Dick and Jane book, don't remember the title. They had a dog named Spot.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 09:47 AM (sl73Y)

119 The first chapter book I ever read was The Secret Sea by Robb White. I loved it and read a bunch of other White books after that. It's about a naval officer wounded during the Battle Off Samar who goes on a treasure hunt in the Gulf of America to fund an operation for his kid brother injured playing football. Then there's this bad guy . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 09:48 AM (J+Psw)

120 Hi All, happy reading, Thanks to MP4 and all who contribute to make this happen.

Still reading (and loving) "Not Stolen" by Fynn-Paul. It's a great follow-on to "War Before Civilization", by Keeley.

"First remembered books that had an impact as I reached awareness": Jack London's wild dog/wolf books; everything by Robb White; "A Boy Ten Feet Tall", by Canaway; Kipling. Great question.

Posted by: goatexchange at February 01, 2026 09:48 AM (hyS0X)

121 1st: Fun with Dick and Jane
Most influential: Genesis and Exodus

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 01, 2026 09:48 AM (PoaF2)

122 At some point i started with the readers digest condensed books maybe something from robin cook the sphinx i think
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026

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My mother subscribed to those when I was about twelve. I got to read Jaws, for example, The Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three, Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, Airport, and Bless the Beasts and Children, among others.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

123 Everybody remembers the World Book or the Encyclopaedia Britannica, but who remembers the World Book encyclopedia? We had that when I was growing up and I loved just poking through it, reading entries here and there. I still collect small sets of encyclopedias and old dictionaries as well; it makes me sad to think they'll all end up in the garbage when I die.
Posted by: Mary Poppins'

We had a set. I read it. The whole thing, A to Z. I guess you could say I was a voracious reader.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 09:49 AM (0U5gm)

124 Posted by: oldgeezer
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The First Man?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 01, 2026 09:49 AM (XvL8K)

125 As many have said, not sure what the absolute first book I read (maybe a Dr. Seuss book), but I know I could read before I started kindergarten. (Thanks Mom!) A favorite childhood book was The Phantom Tollbooth and the wonderful illustrations. I still remember Tock the watchdog! I was disappointed when my son didn’t enjoy it as much as I did. Also loved The Hobbit when I discovered it in fifth grade or so, followed by The Lord of the Rings.

Posted by: NCDave at February 01, 2026 09:49 AM (mAiNO)

126 "I enjoyed reading JK Rowling, writing under the Robert Galbraith pseudonym, the first novel in her Cormaran Strike series, "Cuckoo's Calling."

I've read all the other books in the series. Uniformly excellent. Waiting impatiently for the next, and I believe, final book in the series. BTW, the TV series based on the books is pretty good. I think it's on HBO/Max but I've watched through Amazon Prime after paying a small fee.

Posted by: Tuna at February 01, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

127 Poppins, I avert despair because I choose to believe parents and kids select books they actually want to read, and not the swill pushed by the Library Industrial Complex.

It's especially egregious during Identity Months, I've noticed.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 09:44 AM (kpS4V)
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Public libraries are now computer labs for homeless people, ersatz DVD rental joints and after school hangouts. Books are a side gig at best. I think most library boards - and patrons - are late middle age women who use tax dollars to buy their chick lit. The gay stuff is just virtue signalling. No one reads it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

128 I also remember my grandmother using different voices for different characters when reading to me, which made the stories more interesting,. . .
Posted by: Thomas Paine

My sixth-grade teacher, Mrs. Schrock, did that to great effect when ready the Just So Stories by Kipling. How the elephant got his trunk was a particular favorite.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 09:50 AM (cYBz/)

129 It might have been airport

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 09:50 AM (bXbFr)

130 My great-uncle and -aunt subscribed to the Readers Digest Condensed Book series and would hand some of them off to my grandmother. When I went to visit her they were often the only thing available to read -- unless one of my cousins had left behind a paperback bestseller that my grandmother didn't know was highly unsuitable as most of them were.

I don't remember most of the RDCBs I read, but I do recall Velikovsky's _Worlds in Collision_, where I spotted an obvious howler at the age of about 8 which evidently Mr. V and none of his editors caught. Hydrocarbons are not carbohydrates. I knew that just like everyone else who lived in oil country.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 01, 2026 09:52 AM (78a2H)

131 95 70 My very first book was a reader called Kip the Dog. It was about a dog.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 09:31 AM (RIvkX)

What was the dog's name?
Posted by: Sophomore English Major at Harvard at February 01, 2026 09:40 AM (CpcAD)
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Hey. Do your own research, bro.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 09:52 AM (RIvkX)

132 I enjoyed the Robert Galbraith audio books. I didn't enjoy the style of the Ink Black Heart though.
CJ Box is another author I enjoyed.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 01, 2026 09:52 AM (VCgbV)

133 Wolfus, that supermarket encyclopedia we had was probably some variant of a Funk & Wagnall's rather than a Golden Book set. Later (6th or 7th grade maybe), we replaced it with a Collier's. And I wrote a lot of school papers with that one (and more than a few book reports with the aid of Classics Illustrated -- and the memory of some of those comics came in handy in college as well. Bless them.)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 0

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There was another set of encyclopedias that came with a portion of the Funk & Wagnall's dictionary between two unrelated information portions. For example, one part might have been breeds of horses, another might have been various kinds of rocks in the Earth's crust. Certainly there was one on cat breeds with a painting of a red tabby Maine Coon cat pacing alongside a barn.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

134 I started reading insanely young so not sure I remember my first book

I'll go with a Dick and Jane book which I do recall reading in first grade.

as far as choose-to-read it would be The Land of Oz. I have a bunch of Baum's Oz books and read them voraciously

Book that changed my life - The Dictionary of the Khazars. apparently it's sort of politically inappropriate but I still love it. it's more of a book of poetry, you don't read thru.

still reading Hyperion/Endymion by Dan Simmons. this is VERY applicable to our current status vis-a-vis AI. super interesting how prescient he is.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 01, 2026 09:53 AM (emBoF)

135 I wonder if he had announced that, until the panic was over, costs would be cut along with wages, would there still have been a strike? Probably.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:36 AM (ufSfZ)

Commies like Debs et al don't strike to help "workers," they strike to gain power.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 09:54 AM (uQesX)

136 One that was quite memorable for me, was Russell Hoban's "Ridley Walker." Set in the place we call Britain, six millennia after a nuclear holocaust, the narrator is a young man, a storyteller, describing his journey through an iron-age civilization of collective farms, villages, and a city all ruled by an iron-fisted group, the headman called the "Pry Minster." Iron is mined in large open pits, not ore, but the deeply buried remnants of metal things from that long ago mysterious civilization. The legend of the fall is told by traveling minstrals doing punch and judy puppet shows, with the bad guy called Adam, the Littl Shyning Man. The atomic bomb.

It's a tough read because the language is a bent version of english, but you get the hang of it after a chapter or so.

Makes you think, what could it be possibly be like, 50 or 100 generations coming out of a nuclear winter, living like neanderthals.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 01, 2026 09:54 AM (KiBMU)

137 There are two books that changed my life.

The first was Treasure Island in second grade. That was the book that made me realize that words on a page could instill powerful images and emotion in me. I came to love the information (encyclopedia, dictionary, history) could provide and the excitement of fiction (Hardy Boys, Heinlein juveniles).

The second was LOTR in seventh grade. (I know. Surprise!) The scope of the story, the vibrant writing, songs and poetry, strange characters, and the challenge of his language was like seeing a new sunrise. (I learned later that CS Lewis had a similar reaction to MacDonald's Phantastes.) Perhaps as important, it made me aware of that my own experience and knowledge could make the story more meaningful. Tolkien's 'applicability' versus allegory. That is what continues to make LOTR so important to me. The more I bring to the book, the more I get out of it. That has shaped my reading ever since.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

138 I don't know of a book that changed my life. There have been many books that had an impact on me.

Once was 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' by William Shirer. It made me understand how Hitler rose to power in Europe.

Another one was 'Caesar and Christ' by Will Durant. It got me interested in ancient history.

There are other books as well.

Posted by: dantesed at February 01, 2026 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

139 Went to Baldwin's Book Barn yesterday lol. That place has changed now that it's "instagram popular"

there were a lot of young people there not looking at books, just taking "interesting photos"

I did grab a couple of books - they didn't have as many as usual? - and ended up having to haggle with the ancient lady at the register. I guess they are now a "rare book" shop?!?

I got her down pretty good but I will stick with church book swaps and Arden Fair for my used book needs (and Abe). crazy over there!

also freezing they don't really have heat, just a little woodburning stove in the front room. some of the little warren rooms were insanely cold

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 01, 2026 09:56 AM (emBoF)

140 "...was a reader called Kip the Dog. It was about a dog."
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Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at February 01, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

141 My library is still a haven for book lovers and not a hobo encampment like others I've seen. And they still shush loud people on phones.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 09:56 AM (kpS4V)

142 "Intern" by Dr. X. Experiences of a medical intern first year of training. I read it when I was probably 7 years old, and knew then I wanted to be a doctor.

Posted by: Dantes at February 01, 2026 09:56 AM (Ya4pq)

143 Holy shit, Eris, those books are obscene.

I should make Theda Bara a black lesbian.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:38 AM (ufSfZ)

Wait! She wasn't??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 09:57 AM (uQesX)

144 A lot of the novels chosen by the Reader's Digest for the Condensed Books wound up being movies. A lot didn't, of course, but there was a high percentage. I see My Cousin Rachel by Du Maurier, and Giant by Edna Ferber, were two early ones.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)

145 The first one I remember reading was "Harry The Dirty Dog.", which is mostly a picture book. I think the first serious book I read was "Charlotte's Web'. My third grade class took a field trip to the Jervis Public Library, and while we were in line to check out (with my limit of seven books), my teacher Mrs. Asadourian dropped Charlotte's Web on top of my stack. I finished it after school and before suppertime.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at February 01, 2026 09:57 AM (4qIhJ)

146
I currently reading, "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir.

He's the guy who wrote "The Martian".

PHM is very much like a straight up science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton but with more humor.

The plot concerns a kind of "sun-eating microbe" that is decreasing the sun's output, which will essentially bring about a new extinction event on Earth and good-bye human race. Earth sends rocket to a sun unaffected by the "sun-eater", and our hero wakes up as the only one left alive and with amnesia about why he's there. And we're off.

The novel is very well-written and intelligent with our hero having to figure out basics scientifically. Nice to have an intelligent, scientifically literate protagonist for once.

So far, I totally recommend PHM for a fun read.

PHM doesn't have the urgency yet of "The Martian" as we're now in the "meet cute" phase of the novel, but I assume as things come together and a solution is discovered,, the plot will intensify.

If this sounds like your kind of thing, it is. Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 09:57 AM (iJfKG)

147 97 One of my grandsons turns nine tomorrow.
His gift from me (that he asked for) is a collection Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. How cool is that.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 01, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

Happy Birthday! Eldest granddaughter will be 24.
Super cool b-day digits.

Posted by: sal at February 01, 2026 09:58 AM (f+FmA)

148 "Intern" by Dr. X. Experiences of a medical intern first year of training. I read it when I was probably 7 years old, and knew then I wanted to be a doctor.
Posted by: Dantes at February 01, 2026

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I read it when I was about twelve, when it came out in paperback. Startling the amount of humor it has in it.

The author, Alan E. Nourse, was also a science-fiction writer during the Fifties and onward.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)

149 I will say that I wish my parents had shown greater discretion in the sophistication level of what I read, because in retrospect, I read some very age-inappropriate material that had negative downstream effects.

I can understand that. I joke about reading Venus in Furs and A Man With A Maid just as I was hitting puberty, but looking back, I realize that those books really derailed my emotional growth and still affect me now.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:59 AM (ufSfZ)

150 Was it Adventures of Dick & Jane?
Somehow don't remember Dr Suisse first, more like 6,7 yo

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 09:59 AM (Ia/+0)

151 A while back, I saw a set of custom bound comics on ebay. I tried to buy the set, but was out-bid at the last second. Because I'm a sore loser, I've been looking around to see what it would cost to create my own copy of the books. Well, as it turns out, just buying the original comic book issues would cost at least as much as the original set. Binding those comics into actual books would cost half as much again, and would take many months of waiting. Whomever won that bid got one hell of a deal.

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026 09:59 AM (Lhaco)

152 NG ... clearly had their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks, and the writing alone is a delight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

Was there a scene with NG in a bath with a young girl? He's the weirdo, right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 10:00 AM (uQesX)

153 The earliest reading I can remember doing wasn't books. Before I was in kindergarten, I used to copy words that I saw and ask my Dad what they said. One of those words was "Janitrol", which was the brand name of the furnace in our house. Later on, I started reading comic strips in the newspaper.

I can't remember the first actual book that I read, but one of the early ones was "Fire Hunter" by Jim Kjelgaard. Another one was "Star Beast" (I think that was the title) by Robert Heinlein. After that I became a voracious reader, so much so that my parents started to complain that I spent too much time reading.

When I went to the library, at first they only wanted to let me check out "age-appropriate" books; illustrated kid's books with one sentence per page. I convinced them to change their minds by sitting at a table and reading about 100 pages of "The Abominable Snowman" by Ivan Sanderson, and then describing what I had read.

Posted by: Toad-0 at February 01, 2026 10:01 AM (oI25S)

154 The first adult level book I just had to read and which influenced my reading life would be The Sinking of the Bismarck by William Schirer. I remember the long wait list at the library to get a copy. The movie "Sink the Bismarck" was one of the WGN classic movies that would play on Sunday afternoons, and every boy in my class wanted to read that book. I now have hundreds of military history books, and at least half are naval history.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 10:01 AM (0U5gm)

155 The library here has been depressing for some time. I can go in there and find at least fifteen feet of shelf space devoted to James Patterson, but if I'm in a mood for Somerset Maugham it's Of Human Bondage and maybe two others. They've kept a few Hemingways, maybe three or four Heinleins, no O'Hara, not much Dickens, not much in the way of classics at all really.

It appears that a lot of library school grads in recent decades go along with the idea that a book that doesn't circulate often enough should be weeded, which is understandable; less understandable is the idea that it should be weeded no matter what it is. But gotta make room for DVDs and the sort of books Eris described above. I used to hit the libraries a lot when I was a kid; over the last 20 or 30 years, not so much.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 10:01 AM (q3u5l)

156 Fun with Dick and Jane, I do think that is possibly first. First published 1930, final edition 1965

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 10:02 AM (Ia/+0)

157 I should make Theda Bara a black lesbian.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:38 AM (ufSfZ)

Trans-disabled!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 01, 2026 10:02 AM (h7ZuX)

158 We did not have many books growing up. Mom was a functional illiterate who never went further than fifth grade. Dad was into crosswords and puzzle books. What saved me was my cousin who was four years older than me. He got me hooked on reading. Then it dawned on my parents that maybe it’s something to be encouraged. It was only then that we began to have books in the house.

Posted by: Uncle Slayton at February 01, 2026 10:02 AM (ZDNhW)

159 Went to Baldwin's Book Barn yesterday lol. That place has changed now that it's "instagram popular"

Never heard of it until now, when I looked it up. It seems like my kind of place, and I'll have to check it out if I'm ever in the area.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:03 AM (ufSfZ)

160 I read the whole story, the one that was done as little 5 or 6 paragraph inserts onto the bottom corner of the pages of The Whole Earth Catalog, but I can't remember any of it, because I was stoned.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 01, 2026 10:04 AM (KiBMU)

161 My first books were The Great Brain series and the most important is Closing of The American Mind.
As an adult, hands down the KJB.

Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 10:04 AM (j6fda)

162 Dick and Jane! Dick and Jane!

Nobody remembers Jack and Janet? With Tip and Mitten?

Posted by: Weak Geek at February 01, 2026 10:04 AM (p/isN)

163 I mentioned last week reading the first of Faith Martin's Arbie and Val mysteries, Murder By Candlelight. I liked it so well I read the second this week, The Last Word Is Death, and am deep into the third and, to date, final, A Dangerous Train of Thought. These are not hard boiled like Rowling's Comoran Strike novels but more Agatha Christie-esque.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:04 AM (J+Psw)

164 One that was quite memorable for me, was Russell Hoban's "Ridley Walker."
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Hoban wrote the book in a pidgin language much in the style of Burgess' A Clockwork Orange or Orwell's 1984.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

165 80 I was looking at the "new books" section of my library's website and holy crap have libraries gone off the deep end. The new hotness is "remixes"
-"What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix" (they're blackish)
- "A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix" (they're female and Asian)
- "Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo and Juliet Remix" (two gay boys)
- "So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix" (e'r'body black!)
-"Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix" (hijabs and ME politics!)
-"My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix" (blaaaaaack)
Etc.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 09:35 AM (kpS4V)

Ick. Those sound awful. I try to avoid remixes, as I would prefer something original, but unfortunately remixes do catch the eye easier than original works. When I do get them, it tends to be because the story had been retold as an action/adventure.

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026 10:06 AM (Lhaco)

166 After reading Wiki on Fun with Dick and Jane I am positive that was first book as my reading skills suffered throughout my life
( rolls eyes)

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)

167 I remember reading all the books in the third grade classroom, but they did not change my life.

Books that influenced me mightily as a lad were Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes and more. His Barroom tales, and every other book he wrote were influential as well.

That led me to being a completist on the Victor Appleton Jr. books about Tom Swift, Junior. I focused on the technology and ideas, not the language, lame personal dynamics, or condescending text. Gave me an introduction to science and technology.

As an adult, The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris reframed my thinking about humanity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 01, 2026 10:06 AM (u82oZ)

168 My parents rarely bought books. Not that they didn't like them, but they were very frugal. My grandmother, however, was an elementary school principal, and would sometimes bring us a whole box of books that were leftovers from the Scholastic book fairs at her school. I still have some of them. But there were also the books I found behind an upstairs door in my other grandma's rickety old house, a whole series called "Aunt Janes Nieces", by Edith Van Dyne. Many years later I learned that Edith Van Dyne was actually L. Frank Baum.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at February 01, 2026 10:07 AM (4qIhJ)

169 Come, I will be honest with you: The book that changed my life the most was The Complete Home Medical Encyclopedia (1963) by one Dr. Harold Hyman. My mother had not yet had The Talk with me about the birds and the bees. One evening my pre-teen self was dipping into this massive paperback, and ran across the sections on "Sexual Intercourse (Coitus)" and "Sexual Maturation in Health and Disease." Naturally I dived into them.

Well. Really? Is that how it all works . . .? Wow!

As an adult I have a copy of the book. It's not a dry examination of the topic -- the language is almost poetic. As you can imagine, It Changed Everything for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)

170 Makes you think, what could it be possibly be like, 50 or 100 generations coming out of a nuclear winter, living like neanderthals.
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 01, 2026 09:54 AM (KiBMU)

Reminds of the book that really got me into Sci/fi-futuristic fantasy: “Daybreak 2250 AD” by Andre Norton. Setting is kind of a Thundarr the Barbarian world.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:08 AM (IUuBi)

171 The first adult level book I just had to read and which influenced my reading life would be The Sinking of the Bismarck by William Schirer. I remember the long wait list at the library to get a copy.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 10:01 AM (0U5gm)
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The elementary school library had a small collection of military history books and several were always being checked out, especially the picture book on World War II. They had a similar book on World War I that was less popular, so that's the one I checked out and that's probably why I got so interested in the topic. Wish I could remember the name of the series. They were cool.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

172 First conscious story I remember was non-fiction in third grade and asked the Sister how to pronounce 'coelacanth.' When she had trouble pronouncing it, I knew I wanted to learn more.

Precocious wasn't I?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 01, 2026 10:09 AM (HFAps)

173 Just finished "Exogenesis" by Peco Gaskovski, a well-known "Unmachiner".

It's a dystopian future novel set 200 years in the future. The protagonist is a 4th Echelon "counselor" in the population control bureau who encounters insurgents during a routine sterilization trip to the Luddite-like outlands.
It's a short read, reasonably well-written and the society build is quite good. The title is from the future extra-uterine technology that allows eligible couples to create hundreds of embryos and to choose which one will be allowed to live.

Posted by: sal at February 01, 2026 10:09 AM (f+FmA)

174 In fact I suspect my mother bought the Hyman medical text and left it around for me so I would read those sections, and she would not have to have The Talk with me at all. If so, it worked.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)

175 The first book I recall was "The Monster at the End of This Book." It was a little illustrated Sesame Street book featuring Grover.

As for life-changing books, I'd say C.S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity" ranks #1 (outside of the Bible).

Posted by: PabloD at February 01, 2026 10:09 AM (3VXNH)

176 My first book was actually the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, at first the red colored version with a lot of pictures and then the adult, black and gray colored version that wasn’t so heavy on pictures. My Mom told me that I used to fall asleep my head on the pages of an open volume when I was 4 and 5 years old.

I was definitely a hardcore book nerd at a very early age. And now I have something like 300 unread books sitting on my Kindle, far more than I can probably read before I die. Better get to work!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 01, 2026 10:09 AM (/RHNq)

177 Starting An Army at Dawn, North Africa WWII

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 10:10 AM (Ia/+0)

178 Had the Dick & Jane readers in grade school. Did not consider them 'books'. Didn't read any Dr Seuss until senior year in high school; when my English teacher found out that I never had, she brought 3 of his books in for me to read - forget how she put it, but something along the lines of him being part of the culture.

Posted by: Nazdar at February 01, 2026 10:10 AM (NcvvS)

179 What book changed my life?

RED

STORM

RISING

That is all.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 01, 2026 10:10 AM (PlzrS)

180 I remember sitting in a circle in grade school with other kids reading aloud Fun With Dick and Jane. Every minute was torture and made me hate being in school.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 10:10 AM (RIvkX)

181 It appears that a lot of library school grads in recent decades go along with the idea that a book that doesn't circulate often enough should be weeded, which is understandable; less understandable is the idea that it should be weeded no matter what it is. But gotta make room for DVDs and the sort of books Eris described above. I used to hit the libraries a lot when I was a kid; over the last 20 or 30 years, not so much.

Posted by: Just Some Guy

A new city library is under construction not far from my house. It will be much more convenient, but I hope against hope that there will actually be anything there worth checking out.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 10:10 AM (0U5gm)

182 The first book I read was probably the Bible because we were and are church going folks. I haven't not had books at my home. One book that gives me PTSD is the Count of Monte Cristo. I can't even listen to it being read any more. We studied it and attempted to translate it in HS French. I really like it, but I have great trouble getting through the inhumanity. I understand that is the point. I probably am the only person who has PTSD from a book rather than a real life physical experience.

I read Jane Austin as an adult. Love those then hit the other authors who wrote about the same time like Elizabeth Gaskill and Anthony Trollop.

I fell in love with Shakespeare in high school. I struggled to understand him but love him anyway.

I prefer biographies over fiction when it comes to things like crime since the biographies have already happened. Fictional stories of serial killers means there is still a change that it could happen. Terrifying!

Posted by: Beverly at February 01, 2026 10:10 AM (O6DQB)

183 When I was in grade school, the town librarian lived one street over from where we lived. I loved visiting the library and Mom would drive us over on Saturdays. The library's limit on checking out books was three books for a period of two weeks. My personal limit was different: I could check out as many books as I could carry. Even back then I devoured books like crazy!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 01, 2026 10:11 AM (kB9dk)

184 I can't remember the first actual book that I read, but one of the early ones was "Fire Hunter" by Jim Kjelgaard. Another one was "Star Beast" (I think that was the title) by Robert Heinlein. After that I became a voracious reader, so much so that my parents started to complain that I spent too much time reading.

Posted by: Toad-0 at February 01, 2026 10:01 AM (oI25S)

Hm. I've read a lot of Jim Kjelgaard books, but not that one. I'm guessing it wasn't one of his dog books...

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026 10:11 AM (Lhaco)

185 Posted by: PabloD at February 01, 2026 10:09 AM
At least not like the Monster book of Monsters that tries to bite you

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 10:11 AM (Ia/+0)

186 Since this is Book Worm Central, let me put this question to the Moron Hive Mind: There was a collection of books in the 1970s that were built around the 20th Century. Each decade got its own book, as did World War I and World War II.

It might have been called "The 20th Century" but a title search for that is pointless. Anyone recall author or publisher? I found some of the illustrations in other war books, but the illustrator's work was in countless books and I can't find a bibliography of his work. These were tall, slender volumes, brightly colored covers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

187 Never heard of it until now, when I looked it up. It seems like my kind of place, and I'll have to check it out if I'm ever in the area.

It is definitely worth a visit. Do be prepared to haggle; hard to find bargains here anymore I think. one of my books was clearly a library donation and I wasn't prepared to pay too much (despite it being out of print, which she may or may not have known).

they don't mark all the books with prices, actually very few are marked.

so it's fun, the 'checking out" part. they probably will have to add a cafe or something to recoup costs from the young people. they were not buying any books. just wandering around the warrens ... which is fun, I don't blame them!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 01, 2026 10:12 AM (emBoF)

188 #45 Yes the encyclopedias! I remember randomly picking a word or letter and opening it up and reading. My parents had a study that was full of (we are talking early 70’s) National Geographic’s, books about science, atlas’ and a bit about everything. It really gave one a sense of the world and broader knowledge rather than ‘googling’ something specific. I loved that my Mom had her college Chemisty books. Didn’t understand but loved looking at them. It sparked curiosity
And love of reading. Also loved the series books Little House and I also read All of a Kind Family.

Posted by: Hyacinth at February 01, 2026 10:12 AM (ryp7h)

189 I don't remember the first things I read, they were probably Dr. Seuss or Babar the Elephant books.

Hey, I've got that Donald Rumbelow Jack the Ripper book somewhere in storage. A great, gruesome book.

Book that changed my life? Dunno. Maybe all of them? Even if only "This sucks."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 01, 2026 10:13 AM (CHHv1)

190 6 After reading Wiki on Fun with Dick and Jane I am positive that was first book as my reading skills suffered throughout my life
( rolls eyes)
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026

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Those were the first I was expected to read in first grade. I already knew what those little bugs on the paper meant, so I breezed right along. My teacher, about a month into school, scared me by asking me to stay after class for a minute. She said, "Wolfus, you already know how to read, don't you?" "Well, sure," I said (I'd thought everybody did).

It earned me a field promotion to second grade, later confirmed with testing at the School Board office in the summer, so I went right into third.

The Dick and Jane stuff seemed awfully simple to me even at age seven. And what was "burning autumn leaves" all about? Nobody I knew did that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:13 AM (wzUl9)

191
The first book I remember reading was about a cocker spaniel puppy who became an obedience champion. Long forgotten, 30-odd years later, I come to find Her Majesty had a copy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:14 AM (tgvbd)

192 186 AH Lloyd

Was it ___Our American Century___? Or ___This Fabulous Century___?

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at February 01, 2026 10:14 AM (Yg2TI)

193 The elementary school library had a small collection of military history books and several were always being checked out, especially the picture book on World War II. They had a similar book on World War I that was less popular, so that's the one I checked out and that's probably why I got so interested in the topic. Wish I could remember the name of the series. They were cool.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Yes, there was a book in my school library on submarine missions in the Pacific Theater that was fantastic, and wish I could find it, or at least remember the name.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 10:14 AM (0U5gm)

194 I've enjoyed some retelling of classics because they approach the story from different angles, but they were character-driven. These are just ideology-driven. The race and gender swapping can't end soon enough for me.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Christopher Nolan has apparently cast a Somalian actress (who looks just like the "Look at me. I'm the captain now" guy from the movie Captain Phillips) as Helen of Troy in the new Odyssey movie that is going to suck harder than a black hole formed from the star UY Scuti.

Because Helen of Troy wasn't a pasty white Greek lady, you know?

Posted by: Sharkman at February 01, 2026 10:15 AM (/RHNq)

195 I remember sitting in a circle in grade school with other kids reading aloud Fun With Dick and Jane. Every minute was torture and made me hate being in school.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026

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+100

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)

196 Two books that deeply affected me were All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, sort of a modern (OK, 1920s and 30s) retelling of The Divine Comedy and Radical Son by David Horowitz, a red diaper doper baby grows up.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:15 AM (J+Psw)

197 It appears that a lot of library school grads in recent decades go along with the idea that a book that doesn't circulate often enough should be weeded, which is understandable; less understandable is the idea that it should be weeded no matter what it is. But gotta make room for DVDs and the sort of books Eris described above. I used to hit the libraries a lot when I was a kid; over the last 20 or 30 years, not so much.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 10:01 AM (q3u5l)
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The whole point of a library is the depth of its collection. They have shelves so you don't have to. The book section of my city library is an atrocity, lots of empty space, incomplete historical series, the nonfiction is a joke. The fiction section has some gems, but the remorseless turnover makes it clear that this is just the wine aunts' reading room.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)

198 Quirky book story. Back in the dark ages before my smartphone addiction I got a notification for jury duty. And it was for federal court, not the local hoosegow. In preparation I read all instructions on the web page. Juror candidates could bring almost NOTHING into the courtroom. I would have to surrender all personal items and jewelry and even my belt. Ok, sounds a little extreme, but whatever. The instructions recommended candidates bring reading material to pass the time. I forgot about that until the day before when I happened to be in a drug store. I saw a rack of paperbacks and randomly grabbed some book about the battle of Fredericksburg. I wasn't selected to be on the jury, but had enough dead time that I began reading.
Was so hooked I had to finish it before going to bed that night.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 01, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

199 Nice hat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 01, 2026 10:15 AM (nWPIJ)

200 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

Try "This Fabulous Century". I remember reading them in the early '70s. They were a good popular history intro and were very well illustrated.

Posted by: sal at February 01, 2026 10:16 AM (f+FmA)

201 First book was Cowboy Andy. It was from a children's book club my mom had me enrolled in before kindergarten.

Posted by: Cosda at February 01, 2026 10:16 AM (uDw7N)

202 My first book: Cars and Trucks and Things That Go

Posted by: hadsil at February 01, 2026 10:16 AM (Xht4H)

203 Went to Baldwin's Book Barn yesterday lol. That place has changed now that it's "instagram popular"

Never heard of it until now, when I looked it up. It seems like my kind of place, and I'll have to check it out if I'm ever in the area.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:03 AM (ufSfZ)

I looked it up because of the poster's mention of Arden Fair. Not the same area at all. Not likely to ever go there either.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 10:16 AM (uQesX)

204 After the encyclopedias, I was gifted the entire set of Little House books when I was about 7, I think, and those were the first non-reference volume books I read.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 01, 2026 10:16 AM (/RHNq)

205 Helen of Troy as portrayed by a Somali actress?

Ah, yes, the face that launched a thousand pirate skiffs.

Posted by: PabloD at February 01, 2026 10:17 AM (3VXNH)

206 Christopher Nolan has apparently cast a Somalian actress (who looks just like the "Look at me. I'm the captain now" guy from the movie Captain Phillips) as Helen of Troy in the new Odyssey movie that is going to suck harder than a black hole formed from the star UY Scuti.

Because Helen of Troy wasn't a pasty white Greek lady, you know?
Posted by: Sharkman

For a moment, I had hope it might be good good but, alas . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:17 AM (J+Psw)

207 Some of the books you can find on libby,, some on the remainder shelves of the library and second hand stores

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 10:17 AM (bXbFr)

208 Photo of the Edwardian/Gilded Age Lady show us how far we have fallen.

Posted by: Michael K at February 01, 2026 10:18 AM (DcGjW)

209 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

Perhaps Time-Life's This Fabulous Century?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:18 AM (ufSfZ)

210 NG ... clearly had their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks, and the writing alone is a delight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026
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Was there a scene with NG in a bath with a young girl? He's the weirdo, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026

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He's supposed to be, yes. No such scenes so far.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)

211 First book: Yurtle the Turtle

Posted by: Fritzy at February 01, 2026 10:19 AM (2GIh1)

212 Wow thats going to stink

I doubt she was blonde like diane kruger but more lkke marion cotillard

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 01, 2026 10:19 AM (bXbFr)

213 I learned to read at the Goodson School in rural NE New Mexico that needed one more student to stay open or the students, grades 1-6, would have to be bused more than an hour to Clayton. I stayed on the ranch with my aunt and uncle for a couple of weeks at a tim and went to school with my cousin, then I'd go home for a week, back and forth for the school year. I don't remember when I learned to read, but I remember reading the newspaper to my mom one morning when she'd come out to pick me up.

The school where I learned to read closed in 1961:

https://tinyurl.com/4avwbddu

Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2026 10:19 AM (98kQX)

214 The drug store where I found Heinlein's Puppet Masters has been gone for decades. But it had a NICE selection of paperbacks. And mass-market paperbacks then weren't the mass-markets now (and I hear the format's on its way out for good). Among the authors I remember seeing in mass-market on that drug store's racks: Singer, Nabokov, Anthony Powell, Anthony Burgess, John D. MacDonald, Hemingway, Orwell, Kipling, Simenon, O'Hara, Irwin Shaw, James Jones, Cheever, Updike, Roth (Philip and Henry), Solzhenitsyn, and the usual run of classics from the Signet Classics line, as well as all the popular titles of the day and an excellent bunch of sf and mystery reprints. Try finding variety like that on the local mass market racks these days.

And seeing all those, and remembering who wrote what, came in handy when I went to work in libraries after college.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 10:19 AM (q3u5l)

215 Speaking of Gilded Age, I visited Edith Wharton's vacation home in the Berkshires called The Mount. She was the architect and interior designer.

Posted by: Michael K at February 01, 2026 10:20 AM (DcGjW)

216 I guess every book you read changes your life to some extent. Like every experience, I suppose - a story is like an experience in some ways.

One book that affected my life is "Scarne's Complete Guide to Gambling", which I read when I was in the 5th grade. From it I got two things: A lifelong interest in math, and the conviction that gambling in a casino is just throwing away money.

Posted by: Toad-0 at February 01, 2026 10:21 AM (oI25S)

217 I visited the book barn shortly after it was featured here, I know that was over 3 years ago. I had no problem picking out about $50 of very reasonably priced eclectic titles. The only reason I've yet to return is that I've already got a backlog I'll never be able to finish. But, Arden is even closer to me, I'll have to consider a visit to the next fair, thanks BlackOrchid !

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at February 01, 2026 10:21 AM (KaHlS)

218 My reading started with newspaper comics, we got three papers a day so.my father could stay abreast of retail competition. As i learned more words, I moved on to kid's detective series, the Hardy boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, Ken Holt, Rick Brant, all of them. Then by nine or ten moved to the adult books, the James Bonds, Matt Helms, Flint, etc. Didn't get into science fiction much until late high school, early college.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 10:21 AM (sl73Y)

219 Was it ___Our American Century___? Or ___This Fabulous Century___?
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at February 01, 2026 10:14 AM (Yg2TI)
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That could be it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)

220 My acquaintance with Dr. Seuss was later, when my younger brother was learning to read. I was four years older but I found them fun, and enjoyed the wordplay and illustrations.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:21 AM (wzUl9)

221 I remember read Upton Sinclair's the Jungle and Orwell's Animal Farm in HS. Those were impactful. They probably don't read stuff like that anymore. Although my spawn did read All Quiet on the Western Front for her AP class this school year which surprised me. Not sure if it was for English or History though.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 01, 2026 10:21 AM (VCgbV)

222
I suppose if I had to name one book that led to a real transformation in my thinking and beliefs, it would be The Gulag Archipelago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:22 AM (tgvbd)

223 AHL, I'm pretty sure that decades series you're talking about was done by Time-Life.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 10:22 AM (q3u5l)

224 My mom used to read me the Junior Deluxe Editions, and at some point I started reading them on my own. The Lewis Carroll books were a part of those. She would also buy me the American Heritage histories of the U.S. in the grocery stores as they came out, which really dates me. I also remember an astronomy book that described how vast the universe is, and it had an illustration of an asteroid that was juxtaposed with and dwarfed New York City, but I don't remember the name of the book.

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at February 01, 2026 10:23 AM (tRYqg)

225 Book that changed my life: I could go with the standard "The Bible" or the obscure "Child's Garden of Grass" but really no book changed my life, only added to it.

Posted by: Fritzy at February 01, 2026 10:23 AM (2GIh1)

226 RED

STORM

RISING

That is all.

Posted by: Cow Demon

I love that book. It has long been my favorite Clancy novel, and I've read all of them (at least the ones he wrote alone.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 01, 2026 10:23 AM (/RHNq)

227
Anyone else get absorbed reading almanacs as a kid?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:24 AM (tgvbd)

228 Christopher Nolan has apparently cast a Somalian actress (who looks just like the "Look at me. I'm the captain now" guy from the movie Captain Phillips) as Helen of Troy in the new Odyssey movie that is going to suck harder than a black hole formed from the star UY Scuti.

Because Helen of Troy wasn't a pasty white Greek lady, you know?
Posted by: Sharkman at February 01, 2026 10:15 AM (/RHNq)

I do wish that they would stop trying to teach me lessons instead of telling the dang story.

Look, if you want to do a Somalian Odyssey, do an all Somalian Odyssey with an all Somalian cast. That is actually more true to the story than racial stunt casting.

Or better yet, if the Somalians have a great literary story about the Quest for Bananas and Rice, do that.

Just stop the lame-assery.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 10:24 AM (iJfKG)

229 I don't remember the first things I read, they were probably Dr. Seuss or Babar the Elephant books.

Hey, I've got that Donald Rumbelow Jack the Ripper book somewhere in storage. A great, gruesome book.

Book that changed my life? Dunno. Maybe all of them? Even if only "This sucks."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm

I do recall that as a five year old, I happily checked out a Babar book without looking closely, and when I got home realized that it was written in cursive. I'm still a little miffed about that.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 10:24 AM (0U5gm)

230 I so remember my first book: "Miss Hickory," my first chapter book. I was perhaps six.

And I remember thinking, Oh, that's what I've been doing! And started scribbling down all the stories I had been telling myself without even knowing what they were.

Posted by: Wenda at February 01, 2026 10:25 AM (r2BmP)

231 Book that changed my life: Rape of the APE, (American Puritan Ethic) by Alan Sherman. Poem that did also: The Gods of the Copybook Headings, by Rudyard Kipling. Read either or both and you will understand.

Posted by: Ray at February 01, 2026 10:25 AM (+gz+2)

232 At this point, if one has not read 1984, they don’t care.

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2026 10:25 AM (DXbAa)

233 The feathers in that fancy hat are likely egret. Below Marco Island in SW FL, there's an area along the coast called the ten thousand islands, all covered in mangrove, many with no land at all above sea level, some with tiny areas of beach. Inland, creeks flow into all the back bays from the lands just north of the Everglades. Lesser and greater egrets are found nesting in huge colonies in those mangrove swamps, and in the late 1800s men lived up the creeks in the area, many of them old civil war deserters, and descendants of them, the men killing egrets for the plume trade. Ladies hats, made in the big city lofts in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other places.

They'd hunt in the season when the rookeries were full of birds feeding their young, using cheap break action rimfire rifles, skinning the lower back off the dead carcasses to capture only the plume feathers. Paddle skiffs full of feather bales out to deeper water where steam powered larger boats could freight the plumes up to Fort Myers, to be loaded onto big boats bound for the northeast cities.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 01, 2026 10:26 AM (KiBMU)

234 My opening to De Suisse was when a younger cousin got them, certainly not my books

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 10:26 AM (Ia/+0)

235 1st grade reader that we used in school had a dog named Tip, but I do not remember the children's names. We also read a publication called The Weekly Reader. The only thing I remember from WW was a review of a rock band I had not heard of called Cream.
Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" books were popular at home especially for my brother and I. Still have a few of them.
Mysterious Island was a favorite -not sure about changing my life though. I did read more Jules Verne novels.

Posted by: Glenn at February 01, 2026 10:26 AM (LjRNM)

236 Well, time to get ready for Mass. Thanks, MPPP!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

237 Anyone else get absorbed reading almanacs as a kid?

**raises hand**

Almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries - I love all of them.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:27 AM (ufSfZ)

238 My acquaintance with John D. MacDonald and Donald Hamilton came when I was about sixteen. A neighbor lady gave a bunch of old paperbacks to my mother, and there were three Travis McGees and about the same number of Matt Helms. My adventure reading instantly got a injection of vitamins.

Since then I've read and collected a slew of other MacDonald novels, and several non-Helm stories by Hamilton. I wish I could find his The Big Country, the basis for the Gregory Peck movie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:27 AM (wzUl9)

239 The school where I learned to read closed in 1961:

https://tinyurl.com/4avwbddu

Posted by: huerfano

Funny, I looked up my primary school, and it is not only closed, but torn down. Only an empty field remains.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 01, 2026 10:28 AM (0U5gm)

240 If you're reading at Brentano's, don't take a book into the bathroom. It's a whole thing. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 01, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

241 I consider myself lucky that I learned to read long before computers and the internet came along. You had to dig a bit to get information and picked up skills and side knowledge in the process. One encyclopedia article could lead to so many others. (The original rabbit holes in my life.) Getting a definition from a dictionary was cool but the etymology for each word was the bees knees. Heck, just using a card catalog or the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature developed investigative skills. Want to know the population of Lithuania? Check the annual World Almanac. (You had one, didn't you?)

I don't denigrate the internet as such. It offers a wider range of information more easily obtained. But easy access denies the skills needed to learn on your own. I won't get into the huge amount of dreck it provides.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 10:28 AM (yTvNw)

242 Current reads: Research Design by John & David Creswell, Advanced Research Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences by Edlund & Nichols; and the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition by the APA.

Now back to work on this class on research! Happy Sunday everyone.

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at February 01, 2026 10:28 AM (Yg2TI)

243 We also had Comptons Encyclopedia set that I used for grade school book reports.

Posted by: Glenn at February 01, 2026 10:28 AM (LjRNM)

244 I was an indefatigable reader-aloud to my kids and middle daughter taught herself to read at five from that.
I once hid "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever" under the couch, because it was the only thing one child would "listen" to.

No one has mentioned the "Best in Children's Books" series, but I loved those. One grandmother gave me a subscription to them back in the late '50s.

Posted by: sal at February 01, 2026 10:29 AM (f+FmA)

245 Don't know if he had fans among the horde, but I hear that James Sallis passed away last week. Author of Drive, and a fair amount of mystery and sf as well as several volumes of poetry and a nice book of essays on (mostly) noir writers.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 10:29 AM (q3u5l)

246 Speaking of movies, I've begun rewatching the German miniseries Generation War about five friends in Berlin as Barbarossa begins. It's only somewhat sugar coated. Of the five friends, three commit war crimes, one enthusiastically. The other two, a Jew and a girl singer, don't have much opportunity. Anyway, I found myself overcome with sadness during the opening scene where they are all excited to be part of the coming great adventure. Having watched it before, I knew it would not be the kind of war they thought it would be. It made me think of the Antifa anti-ICE warriors and how they are throwing their lives away for a twisted dream.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:29 AM (J+Psw)

247 Anyone else get absorbed reading almanacs as a kid?

**raises hand**

Almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries - I love all of them.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026

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Reader's Digest offered an almanac, and Mom bought one in the mid-'60s. It had a small street map of Manhattan Island -- the first idea I'd ever had of how it was arranged. At that point I'd been reading the Rex Stout Nero Wolfes set in NYC. Suddenly I had a picture of how Wolfe and Archie's world was laid out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)

248 Well, if I don't get to my own writing soon, I won't at all.

I should be hosting again on March 1. I have a topic, but I just haven't written it up yet.

Thanks for all the kind words. It means a lot to me.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 10:30 AM (ufSfZ)

249 I do still have most of the periodicals History of the WWII, actually got some missing maybe 20 years ago so have about 3/4 of the series. Its well over 100 magazines in total.
Its a fantastic read from people who were there, often in command. Well photograph and maps. Think started them when I was 13yo.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 10:31 AM (Ia/+0)

250 Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at February 01, 2026 10:23 AM (tRYqg)

How's your book coming?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 10:31 AM (uQesX)

251 @30, Wolfus, could you suggest a good, representative EQ novel? I normally start things like that in publication order, but I happened into an inexpensive 5-in-1, of which I have read three. I found all three very easily predictable, and I'm confident it was not due to any great genius on my part. I did find them pleasant to read, but completely lacking in mystery. I'm hoping I just grabbed an omnibus of the unfortunate, weak entries. If there's a particularly tough one I should try, to get me interested, I'd be obliged for the pointer.

Posted by: IS Roth at February 01, 2026 10:31 AM (fg/kn)

252 First "Chapter Books" I remember was a boxed set of the first three Hardy Boys. The book that sent me down the SF/Fantasy genre was the Andromeda Strain in freshman english. We read the book and then saw the movie on an old black and white TV, this would have been in 1973. Which led to the LOTR, and every sort of SF/Fantasy I could get my hands on.

Posted by: EyeofSauron at February 01, 2026 10:32 AM (G6FGs)

253 Always wanted to see Generation War but only a few small clips

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 10:32 AM (Ia/+0)

254 The book that changed my life was definitely the Bible, as I read John chapter 3, put my trust in Christ that he paid the penalty for my sins and was saved on Jul 2, 1998, praise the Lord.

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at February 01, 2026 10:33 AM (tRYqg)

255 The first book a remember reading on my own was a tiny picture book that I think came with a can of cat food at my grandmother's house. It was about a fluffy grey Persian cat who went on adventures. I doubt I was actually *reading* it, since I wasn't in kindergarten yet, but I certainly thought I was.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 01, 2026 10:35 AM (lFFaq)

256 I still live within a mile or so of my elementary school. It's up and running and has been enlarged several times Frankenstein style.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:36 AM (J+Psw)

257 "The Dick and Jane stuff seemed awfully simple to me even at age seven. And what was "burning autumn leaves" all about? Nobody I knew did that."

I, too, was confused about Dick and Jane. They were always playing in the snow--and in central Texas it only snows every seven years or so.

They also went home from school for lunch. Unheard of!!

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 01, 2026 10:36 AM (FEVMW)

258
Finally! Your child or grandchild or even you can lear to read good.

https://tinyurl.com/4sn6tsha

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 10:38 AM (iJfKG)

259 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

Not the Time-Life "This Fabulous Century" series? I have a few of those.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 10:39 AM (kpS4V)

260 I leave school for lunch, I ain't going back.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (u9Xr5)

261 First chapter book I read was Charlotte's Web. I was...three or four maybe? I don't remember a time before reading.

Book that changed my life...Mere Christianity. And Lord of the Rings.

>I probably am the only person who has PTSD from a book rather than a real life physical experience.

I had to read One Hundred Years of Solitude in high school.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (exqbn)

262
The book that changed my life was definitely the Bible, as I read John chapter 3, put my trust in Christ that he paid the penalty for my sins and was saved on Jul 2, 1998, praise the Lord.

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways

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It is comically tragic that I can't read the Bible or any devotional work with any attention. There's just no resonance at all. I may as well be reading something in Sanskrit. I don't know why.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (tgvbd)

263 I got the 1985 World Almanac and Book of Facts via school book order. Remember Scholastic Book Orders?

Now I have 42 since then.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (PlzrS)

264
1. What was the first book you read?
Either The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Or Ruble Noon by Louis L'Amour. Cannot remember, honestly. Was sick as a dog during a flu outbreak and staying with my grandmother, a nurse, as she took care of me. Seems like i spent two weeks in bed delirous before she let me avoid using the bedpan for the bathroom. I read both books during that time, but cannot remember the order. Usually spent my time being feral out in the woods and that was the first time I'd ever been forced into being staid to avoid explosive ejections at both ends simultaneously.
2. What book (if any) changed your life?
Probably Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith. Gotta root for the underdog.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (QVmho)

265 Did anyone else read in the dark under the covers with a flashlight? I thought I was weird for doing so, until my grandmother said that she used to read her daddy's Zane Grey books under a desk with a flashlight, because girls weren't supposed to read those kinds of books.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (4qIhJ)

266 My 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Armstrong, was also the school librarian. I remember her steering me towards the Black Stallion books by Walter Farley. I devoured all of them. My mom introduced me to the Nancy Drew mysteries. I also remember being especially interested in biographies, mostly of scientists and doctors.

Posted by: Tuna at February 01, 2026 10:41 AM (lJ0H4)

267 251 @30, Wolfus, could you suggest a good, representative EQ novel? I normally start things like that in publication order, but I happened into an inexpensive 5-in-1, of which I have read three. I found all three very easily predictable, and I'm confident it was not due to any great genius on my part. I did find them pleasant to read, but completely lacking in mystery. I'm hoping I just grabbed an omnibus of the unfortunate, weak entries. If there's a particularly tough one I should try, to get me interested, I'd be obliged for the pointer.
Posted by: IS Roth at February 01, 2026

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Did these three feature Ellery himself? There were a bunch of ghostwritten mysteries issued under the EQ name, and they were pretty pedestrian fare. Some of the later Ellery novels were weaker, true.

For pure puzzle: The Egyptian Cross Mystery, Greek Coffin Mystery, Siamese Twin Mystery, all 1930s.

For better characterization and even better writing, Ten Days Wonder and their best novel, Cat of Many Tails. Plus The Origin of Evil and The King Is Dead from the 1950s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:41 AM (wzUl9)

268 174 In fact I suspect my mother bought the Hyman medical text and left it around for me so I would read those sections, and she would not have to have The Talk with me at all. If so, it worked.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)

We were provided "The Life Cycle Library," a sort of encyclopedia of the human body an development. I'm sure all five of us scoured every page of it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 01, 2026 10:42 AM (h7ZuX)

269 Just found out that the neighborhood school I attended for K through 4th grade closed down in 2006 due to declining enrollment. I find that to be very sad and an indication that I wouldn't recognize much of my hometown. That area was vibrant with young middle class families.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 10:42 AM (yTvNw)

270 Did anyone else read in the dark under the covers with a flashlight? I thought I was weird for doing so, until my grandmother said that she used to read her daddy's Zane Grey books under a desk with a flashlight, because girls weren't supposed to read those kinds of books.
Posted by: Nancy@7000ft

Oh yes. I remember reading under the covers. Got caught a number of times but that didn't stop me.

Posted by: Tuna at February 01, 2026 10:43 AM (lJ0H4)

271 Anyone else get absorbed reading almanacs as a kid?

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The Book(s) of Lists by David Wallechinsky et al. Though I see a definite leftist bias today, they were informative and great fun.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:43 AM (J+Psw)

272
Books studied as part of English class are likely to be ruined as a result. I can't hear the name "Siddhartha" without wanting to woof.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:43 AM (tgvbd)

273 "The Dick and Jane stuff seemed awfully simple to me even at age seven. And what was "burning autumn leaves" all about? Nobody I knew did that."

I, too, was confused about Dick and Jane. They were always playing in the snow--and in central Texas it only snows every seven years or so.

They also went home from school for lunch. Unheard of!!
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 01, 2026

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I lived only three blocks from my school, but I never went home for lunch. My mother, a night-duty nurse, would have been sleeping, for one thing. I'm not sure we were allowed to leave before 3 pm unless with a note. I can't recall any of my friends doing that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)

274 Can't remember when I first started reading but recall something called "Trudy And The Treehouse" in a collection of illustrated short stories. As to shaping my life, it's Heinlein all the way, starting with "Red Planet", "Podkayne Of Mars", on to "Starship Troopers" and "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress".

Currently devouring Sam Sisavath's "Chance Mock" series after decding to give the first one, "The Freelancer" a try. Lots of non-stop action and dry humor; this guy can write!

Posted by: tankascribe at February 01, 2026 10:44 AM (NtoJk)

275 I never read the 'Dick and Jane' books. Instead, my school used a series called 'Together We Go.' Which may not have been the best title to put in front of kids just learning how to string letters together. Because if you break that title down into more manageable pats, you get "To Get Her We Go," which sounds a little bit ominous...

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026 10:45 AM (Lhaco)

276 227. I still have several almanacs kicking around, I love maps. One is an almanac of world history, very cool synopsises of corresponding events at certain times in different parts of the world. Useful.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 10:46 AM (sl73Y)

277
Actual earliest memory of reading? We had an encyclopedia set, and I would pull one out randomly and sound out the words for the picture titles for Mom. Eventually, she would randomly pull one, open it, and have me read a section and tell her what happened. I had to do that before she would let me pull out the atlas and find the country it happened in. Made me appreciate geography as a young kid a lot more.

Looking back, I'm pretty certain I was that wierd AF preacher's kid the other kid's moms wouldn't let them play with me.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 01, 2026 10:47 AM (QVmho)

278
I was bored and asked my mother if she could recommend anything from what we had. She looked things over and said no to Anatomy of a Murder since it involved rape. And so it was many, many years before I found out how great a novel it is.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:47 AM (tgvbd)

279 First full novel type book I read was Captains Courageous. .

Of course the Bible changed my life which I expect is the #1 Family Feud answer.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 01, 2026 10:47 AM (cwGMH)

280 I just thank God I grew up in a house stuffed to the gills with books of every kind, and nobody telling me what was age-appropriate (not in the "adult content" sense, but reading level or topic). Art, history, humor, science, reference, fiction, every Time-Life series they made...just all kinds of books, all edifying in their own way.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 10:48 AM (kpS4V)

281 I never read the 'Dick and Jane' books. Instead, my school used a series called 'Together We Go.' Which may not have been the best title to put in front of kids just learning how to string letters together. Because if you break that title down into more manageable pats, you get "To Get Her We Go," which sounds a little bit ominous...
Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2026

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You know, that title does sound familiar somehow.

The only reading text I ever wanted to take home was the outgoing reader for tenth grade. The books were being replaced and my teacher said, 'If you want one, go ahead." I already knew that "Leiningen Versus the Ants" was in there, along with a Poe pastiche short by Steinbeck, so I grabbed it. Still have it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:48 AM (wzUl9)

282 The buildings I went to K-3 , and 2nd building 4-6 grade are still used

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 10:48 AM (Ia/+0)

283 Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:47 AM (tgvbd)

Is it different from the movie?

Posted by: dantesed at February 01, 2026 10:48 AM (Oy/m2)

284 still have several almanacs kicking around, I love maps. One is an almanac of world history, very cool synopsises of corresponding events at certain times in different parts of the world. Useful.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 10:46 AM (sl73Y)

I would get the Readers Digest World Almanac every year. It’s how I came to love trivia

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 01, 2026 10:48 AM (cwGMH)

285 The only thing I learned from the Barba the Elephant books is that the French are weird motherfuckers. That has held up.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2026 10:49 AM (sl73Y)

286
Is it different from the movie?

Posted by: dantesed at February 01, 2026 10:48 AM (Oy/m2)

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Not much, but I didn't like the movie at all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:49 AM (tgvbd)

287 Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026
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Is it different from the movie?
Posted by: dantesed at February 01, 2026

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If you mean Anatomy of a Murder, dantesed, as I recall the film follows the book, is well cast, and even has some of the same humor in it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)

288 The first book that hit home with me was by Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince. Soon after, when I was old enough, I began to purchase firearms.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 10:50 AM (oT7pT)

289 I didn't know about Babar the Elephant until Fletch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026 10:51 AM (u9Xr5)

290 We had to read Silas Marner in the 8th grade. I think I’m the only one that really liked it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 01, 2026 10:51 AM (cwGMH)

291 I loved the Golden Book Encyclopedias! I'm getting all nostalgic looking at a set for sale, but shelf space is at a premium. As it always is.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 10:54 AM (kpS4V)

292 I have a strong memory of The Poky Little Puppy. It also fostered my life-long love of slow dogs.

Posted by: docweasel at February 01, 2026 10:54 AM (GxfED)

293 I lived only three blocks from my school, but I never went home for lunch.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)

Same, but we always were able to go home for lunch.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 10:54 AM (uQesX)

294 What I was supposed to learn from 100 Years of Solitude, according to my teacher: Central American cultures are wondrous and way better than America and people who object to reading explicit incest, pedophilia, and bestiality just don't understand metaphor!

What I actually learned from reading that book: There are too many perverts in this world.

I even said at one point that I didn't WANT to be the kind of person who can read an explicit scene of an adult woman molesting her young nephew and say, "What wonderful metaphor!!" That wasn't received well.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at February 01, 2026 10:55 AM (exqbn)

295 Speaking of throwing their lives away . . .

FREUDIAN SLIP: Ilhan Omar says Renee Good & Alex Pretti’s deaths were “ENTIRELY AFFORDABLE”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:56 AM (J+Psw)

296 Hah! I guess we're going to the noon Mass.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)

297 I got "The Poky Little Puppy" at a kindergarten Christmas party! I still remember that.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 10:56 AM (kpS4V)

298 I didn't know about Babar the Elephant until Fletch.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 01, 2026

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I saw some examples of the stories at some point in my kidhood, but didn't really read them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)

299 It is comically tragic that I can't read the Bible or any devotional work with any attention. There's just no resonance at all. I may as well be reading something in Sanskrit. I don't know why.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (tgvbd)

You might try reading Judges, Kings, and Chronicles. Fantastic series of stories about real people (you can see where so many character archetypes began) while not being overtly “preachy”. The lessons about Good, Evil, Faithfulness and Unbelief are all there to be inferred by the wise reader.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:58 AM (IUuBi)

300 23 years ago:

“Columbia, we have received your tire pressure messages and did not copy your last.”
“Roger, I - “

(Static)

“Columbia, Houston, comm check.”
“Columbia, Houston, UHF comm check.”
…

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 01, 2026 10:58 AM (PlzrS)

301 When I was in first grade my reading material mainly consisted of Archie and Richie Rich comic books.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 01, 2026 10:58 AM (cwGMH)

302 @281 http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=418116#c42075511

holy cripes, I kept that same literature book: Exploring Literature. Has a bunch of great stuff, including Charge of the Light Brigade!

Posted by: docweasel at February 01, 2026 10:58 AM (GxfED)

303 I lived only three blocks from my school, but I never went home for lunch.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I walked home for lunch one Friday and when I got there my mom told me JFK had been killed.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:59 AM (J+Psw)

304 What book (if any) changed your life?

Probably Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith. Gotta root for the underdog.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (QVmho)

I remember reading that, and for my book report on it I brought a Spencer repeating rifle into the classroom.

It was a different world!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 10:59 AM (n9ltV)

305 I loved the Golden Book Encyclopedias! I'm getting all nostalgic looking at a set for sale, but shelf space is at a premium. As it always is.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026

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In the "A" volume, the entry for "aye-aye" (with a neat little color painting of the beast) recounted a local Madagascar legend: that someone who kills an aye-aye will die a year and a day afterward. The encyclopedia was at pains to say, "Of course this is only a legend." But I've never read that item anywhere else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 10:59 AM (wzUl9)

306 My parents never got me Barbara, but I had a good friend who loved the series, so I would go over to his house and read them. A little too French for most people, but they were cute.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 10:59 AM (IUuBi)

307 I still live within a mile or so of my elementary school. It's up and running and has been enlarged several times Frankenstein style.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 10:36 AM (J+Psw)
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I moved around so attended three schools between K-5. The main one (1-4) was turned into a community center the year after I would have finished. I was part of the last 'graduating' class. The city finally sold it to a developer who turned it into a senior housing facility. The playground is still there, and much of the exterior is preserved, including the plaque commemorating its history.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 10:59 AM (ZOv7s)

308 Well damn! Just discovered that the three elementary schools I attended are closed. Two were converted to apartments. (Hope they upgraded the bathrooms.) All the neighborhood schools, where kids could safely walk to them, have been consolidated into one. That means school buses and no going home for lunch. This is not an improvement.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026 11:01 AM (yTvNw)

309 Hemingway's short stories were my entree into serious literature.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 11:02 AM (n9ltV)

310 ISRoth, you might also try The Murderer Is a Fox from Ellery Queen's 1940s period. It's an exploration of the small New England town Ellery began to visit in that decade, a probe of a murder case twelve years old, and a good example of the search for truth for its own sake.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:02 AM (wzUl9)

311 Devouring a lot of kids science books, I somehow managed to miss most of the kids standards -- the Babars, Wind in the Willows, etc. Never got around to them at all.

Leaned pretty left until my early/mid 30s. The left's reaction to Reagan's 'Star Wars' speech started me shaking my head and a little while after that, Collier and Horowitz with Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts about the 60s finally woke me up. That book's kind of a life changer too.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 11:03 AM (q3u5l)

312 I had to read One Hundred Years of Solitude in high school.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (exqbn)

What I was supposed to learn from 100 Years of Solitude, according to my teacher: Central American cultures are wondrous and way better than America and people who object to reading explicit incest, pedophilia, and bestiality just don't understand metaphor!

What I actually learned from reading that book: There are too many perverts in this world.

I even said at one point that I didn't WANT to be the kind of person who can read an explicit scene of an adult woman molesting her young nephew and say, "What wonderful metaphor!!" That wasn't received well.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at February 01, 2026 10:55 AM (exqbn)

I was going to comment about reading 100YoS in high school, but you covered that all by yourself.

I read it in college and several other "magic realism" books cuz that was a thing at the time.

To be honest, most of them weren't very good and are hard for me to recall(cuz not good). I thought Julio Cortazar was good.

But, "magic realism" wasn't all that original as a concept. Way back in 1913 Andre Bely wrote the best one "St Petersburg".

Posted by: naturalfake at February 01, 2026 11:03 AM (iJfKG)

313 The first book? -- Jane Gets Dicked (And Puff and Spot Watched)

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 01, 2026 11:04 AM (g8Ew8)

314 Well damn! Just discovered that the three elementary schools I attended are closed. Two were converted to apartments. (Hope they upgraded the bathrooms.) All the neighborhood schools, where kids could safely walk to them, have been consolidated into one. That means school buses and no going home for lunch. This is not an improvement.
Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2026

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My public grammar school became a charter school some years back, then closed, and is now a "French-immersion" school. I expect that means classes are taught in French, not something to do with taking baths with Frenchmen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:04 AM (wzUl9)

315 I remember reading that, and for my book report on it I brought a Spencer repeating rifle into the classroom.

It was a different world!
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at February 01, 2026 10:59 AM (n9ltV)
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No kidding. For AP English in high school, we had to do a presentation about a book, and one could speak in character. So a friend of mine borrowed a leather jacked from someone else and a sword from me, and actually drew the sword in class (it had a point, but no edges), and he looked cool enough that someone took a photo of him with the drawn blade and it was put in the yearbook as full-page illustration of our innovative academics!

Showed it to my kids (who went to the same school) and they were stunned. "You could do THAT?!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 11:04 AM (ZOv7s)

316 240 If you're reading at Brentano's, don't take a book into the bathroom. It's a whole thing. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: George Costanza at February 01, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

Did you remember to put your shirt back on before you left?

Posted by: Fritzy at February 01, 2026 11:04 AM (2GIh1)

317 We had the World Book encyclopedias. I was always excited when the yearbooks came. They often had a section with clear overlays so you could see some thing as it built up from the underlying structure to the outside appearance.
I can't remember my first book, I know my first SF book was an Andre Norton. My first realization that Mark Twain was hilarious was in 5th or 6th grade when the teacher played a recording of the section in The Innocents Abroad where Mark and company make fun of the guides. Moby Dick was the first 'classic' I read other than for a class and it lead to me reading a lot more when I realized I didn't have to analyze them and write a paper when I was done.

Posted by: who knew at February 01, 2026 11:05 AM (+ViXu)

318 My public grammar school became a charter school some years back, then closed, and is now a "French-immersion" school. I expect that means classes are taught in French, not something to do with taking baths with Frenchmen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:04 AM (wzUl9)
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Maybe it's run by French Baptists? Is there a creek nearby?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 11:05 AM (ZOv7s)

319 I remember reading that, and for my book report on it I brought a Spencer repeating rifle into the classroom.

It was a different world!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 10:59 AM (n9ltV)
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I brought in my Dad's samurai sword and sepukku knife!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 11:06 AM (kpS4V)

320
Hemingway's short stories were my entree into serious literature.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I really enjoyed his short stories as well. They led me to other good stuff like "Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 01, 2026 11:06 AM (QVmho)

321 The Hardy Boys, Shore Road Mystery, when I was 8. I liked it a LOT! Our landlord's son had most of the books in the series, so I would borrow them 4 books at a time and read them in a weekend.
Oddly enough, I couldn't stand most of the books that were required reading all the way from 3rd to senior in high school.

Posted by: Not That Chuck at February 01, 2026 11:06 AM (Yf1pk)

322 This thread has made me think about all the books I had, read and re-read, and yet were objectively mediocre.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 01, 2026 11:06 AM (78a2H)

323 >>Oh yes. I remember reading under the covers. Got caught a number of times but that didn't stop me.

Posted by: Tuna at February 01, 2026 10:43 AM

I got in trouble for it, too. It's funny, though, because I still had a flashlight to use, so it was a non-punishment type of trouble.

Posted by: huerfano at February 01, 2026 11:07 AM (98kQX)

324 My public grammar school became a charter school some years back, then closed, and is now a "French-immersion" school. I expect that means classes are taught in French, not something to do with taking baths with Frenchmen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026
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Maybe it's run by French Baptists? Is there a creek nearby?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026

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The Mississippi River is about three blocks away; that's about it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:07 AM (wzUl9)

325 Drive by film criticism.

Film Critic Torches “Melania,” Admits He Didn’t See It

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 01, 2026 11:08 AM (J+Psw)

326 Oddly enough, I couldn't stand most of the books that were required reading all the way from 3rd to senior in high school.
Posted by: Not That Chuck at February 01, 2026

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Same here. I got lucky in eleventh grade; we had The Haunting of Hill House and a comparison/contrast of West Side Story/Romeo and Juliet. "The Pearl" by Steinbeck was all right, I thought.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:09 AM (wzUl9)

327 It is comically tragic that I can't read the Bible or any devotional work with any attention. There's just no resonance at all. I may as well be reading something in Sanskrit. I don't know why.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (tgvbd)

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I did, however, enjoy listening to it on audio. Grammie winger once recommended an app, Bible Gateway, and I listened to the NIV read by George W. Sarris. I was commuting to work at the time, and was a captive audience.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 01, 2026 11:10 AM (h7ZuX)

328
“Columbia, Houston, comm check.”
“Columbia, Houston, UHF comm check.”
…

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 01, 2026 10:58 AM (PlzrS)

____________

Remember it well. I was working as a ring steward at a show in Muncie when the news was announced.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 11:11 AM (tgvbd)

329 holy cripes, I kept that same literature book: Exploring Literature. Has a bunch of great stuff, including Charge of the Light Brigade!
Posted by: docweasel at February 01, 2026 10:58 AM (GxfED)
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When they got rid of the reading books, I kept a copy of a couple of them because they had some good material, but eventually I purged them from the library as I found the stuff I liked elsewhere. I did keep both of my German texts when they aged out in part for future reference, and I used one as an ersatz yearbook, collecting signatures in it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 11:12 AM (ZOv7s)

330 We had the World Book encyclopedias. I was always excited when the yearbooks came. They often had a section with clear overlays so you could see some thing as it built up from the underlying structure to the outside appearance.
I can't remember my first book, I know my first SF book was an Andre Norton. My first realization that Mark Twain was hilarious was in 5th or 6th grade when the teacher played a recording of the section in The Innocents Abroad where Mark and company make fun of the guides. Moby Dick was the first 'classic' I read other than for a class and it lead to me reading a lot more when I realized I didn't have to analyze them and write a paper when I was done.
Posted by: who knew at February 01, 2026 11:05 AM (+ViXu)

The Book of Knowledge Encyclopedias. I do believe they were my first true books. Would read them and have a Webster's Dictionary close at hand. Spent hours at a time reading them. So many wonderful things in those books.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 01, 2026 11:13 AM (g8Ew8)

331 Long nights with nothing to do, pre-internet, or pre-almost-anything in rural America, I read a lot. I would also obsessively do crossword puzzles. When I came across a word I did not know, I would look it up in my big Webster's Encyclopedia Dictionary. I would find the word, and then proceed to read the rest of the page, just because I was curious. And slightly OCD. Still have that dictionary.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 01, 2026 11:14 AM (MZ+PY)

332 I read a bunch of Latin-American stuff when Avon was putting them out (in mass-market paperbacks) in the early 80s. Mario Vargas Llosa, Manuel Puig, Jorge Amado, some Marquez, some Cortazar...

I remember that I enjoyed quite a few of them (mostly the Amado and Vargas Llosa), but I remember no details about them, which is the case for me with more than just the Latin Americans. Not sure if this means I didn't read closely enough (entirely possible), or if I've been slowly losing my memory for years (entirely ditto). Was it Forster who said that makes it more enjoyable when you reread old favorites?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 11:14 AM (q3u5l)

333 @251, Thank you for the recommendations. I'll try all of those. Wiki lists the fist two in this set as having been ghost written "with" others in the early sixties, Ellery was present. For the third, no other authorial involvement was suggested, fifties, Ellery is on vacation and does not appear.

Posted by: IS Roth at February 01, 2026 11:15 AM (ha8/l)

334 It is comically tragic that I can't read the Bible or any devotional work with any attention. There's just no resonance at all. I may as well be reading something in Sanskrit. I don't know why.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 10:40 AM (tgvbd)
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I read the Gospels while going through Army basic. As part of in-processing they had small Protestant editions (which I was at the time) with cool camo covers. I took one and kept it in a ziplock bag in my cargo pocket and quickly realized that if I pulled it out and began to read it - say in line for chow - the drill sergeants would not disturb me. I went through training from January to March 2000 at Ft. Lost-in-the-Woods, and it was very cold. After eating, we had to get out of the chow hall and shiver in formation. One day I decided to bus my tray and sit back down at the table and read my Bible. I was undisturbed. Instead of ordering me out, the sergeants would quietly nudge me to leave when it was time to go.

This became my regular practice and while my initial motivation was to dodge authority, I got a lot out of the experience. God works in mysterious ways.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 11:19 AM (ZOv7s)

335 I think it was This Fabulous Century. The WW I and WW II books will probably be a tougher nut to crack.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 01, 2026 11:22 AM (ZOv7s)

336 Husband and I have been listening to "The Bible in a Year" podcast (available through Ascension or Hallow). This year will be our third trip through the Bible. It's not structured as a cover-to-cover read so you get digestible bites each day along with a homily that explains much of the context. Gospels are spread out through the year which not only breaks things up but also helps you see the events as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. Sessions run between 20 and 30 minutes.

Neither of us could have tackled the book on our own but now we both feel like something is missing if we don't start the morning with the Bible reading. Highly recommended if you'd like to read the Bible but don't know how to go about it. (Most people who try on their own hit Leviticus and quit.)

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 01, 2026 11:24 AM (FEVMW)

337 @251, Thank you for the recommendations. I'll try all of those. Wiki lists the fist two in this set as having been ghost written "with" others in the early sixties, Ellery was present. For the third, no other authorial involvement was suggested, fifties, Ellery is on vacation and does not appear.
Posted by: IS Roth at February 01, 2026

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Yes, the first few of that period had been plotted by one of the cousins and then farmed out to SF writers Ted Sturgeon and Avram Davidson. The third sounds like Inspector Queen's Own Case, where the inspector, Ellery's father, has his own mystery to solve and meets his second wife-to-be; was that it?

The novels written prior to the late Fifties were much superior in plotting, characterization, and sheer puzzle-building and unraveling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:24 AM (wzUl9)

338 Hadrian and Dash - for me its reading law, my eyes glaze over and might as well be reading Chinese characters.

Yet for you two wonder if reading Dennis Prager books of bible books would help as he explains what verses mean and gives definitions to words not usually seen .

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 11:24 AM (Ia/+0)

339 I forgot to mention A Study in Scarlet. Others went to sci-fi & fantasy. I went with mysteries.

IMHO, to say "The Bible" is no answer. It's not a book, but a library. There is all the world's difference between the dullness of Numbers and the action of Judges (gross tho much of it is.) To my mind, the key part is John 1. The Incarnation is central.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 01, 2026 11:27 AM (AlhUl)

340 Thanks for the thread, MP4. Gotta go.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 11:28 AM (uQesX)

341 So, no one knows why Mr Collins isn't Mr Bennett?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 01, 2026 11:28 AM (AlhUl)

342 @340, yep, those were the ones. Owing to the collaborative authorship of the series, I had taken the wiki description as indicating just a wider collaboration, and didn't realize they were entirely farmed out.

Posted by: IS Roth at February 01, 2026 11:30 AM (ha8/l)

343 First book really read - The Five Little Pepper and How They Grew. I found I could read the entire book & was overjoyed. (I was found to be dyslexic early in the 3rd grade and spent several months in a reading program centering on phonics and learning to focus in order to distinguish words such as was from saw, especially if reading out loud.) Reading series of books continues to 'train' me to focus. Dyslexia doesn't disappear.

My mother, aunts, grandmothers all were employed -whether in offices, hospitals, greenhouses or factories - many years ago so I grew up knowing the women were strong and capable. But a book about Marie Curie, read in about the 6th grade, impressed upon me that women made a real difference and could successfully go beyond what I knew as traditional employment.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 01, 2026 11:31 AM (NFX2v)

344 ISRoth, please do let us know what you think of some of the earlier Ellerys.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:31 AM (wzUl9)

345 The troll has pudding for brains.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 11:34 AM (RIvkX)

346 340, yep, those were the ones. Owing to the collaborative authorship of the series, I had taken the wiki description as indicating just a wider collaboration, and didn't realize they were entirely farmed out.
Posted by: IS Roth at February 01, 2026

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Manfred Lee, the one of the cousins who did most of the actual writing of text, suffered a writer's block in the late Fifties (he wanted to be a "serious" writer but couldn't manage it) and was unable to work with Fred Dannay for several years. So Fred, who was always the clue and puzzle guy, hired other writers. Odd that he should pick two SF/fantasy writers like that. But then, the Ellery World was always a little on the surreal side anyway!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:34 AM (wzUl9)

347 "Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 01, 2026 11:06 AM (QVmho)

Never read it...thanks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 11:36 AM (n9ltV)

348 If memory serves, I think one or two Ellery Queens were done by sf writer Jack Vance too. If there were any farmed out to writers other than Sturgeon, Davidson, & Vance, I've never run across a reference to it.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 11:36 AM (q3u5l)

349 The troll has pudding for brains.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 11:34 AM (RIvkX)

Judging by the bad smell, that's not pudding.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 01, 2026 11:36 AM (g8Ew8)

350 23 years ago:

“Columbia, we have received your tire pressure messages and did not copy your last.”
“Roger, I - “

(Static)

“Columbia, Houston, comm check.”
“Columbia, Houston, UHF comm check.”
…
Posted by: Cow Demon

RIP. That happened in an instant.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 01, 2026 11:37 AM (/RHNq)

351 Weird to see ASS stating anything other than his undying love for feculent granola

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 01, 2026 11:38 AM (5XGUX)

352 Don't remember an exact book but I read tramp steamer and basketball books, both written for boys, in the early 50s.

Posted by: javems at February 01, 2026 11:38 AM (vHpfQ)

353 The barnes and noble changed its hours an hour later so I'm here bumming at a Starbucks. Which has remodeled to remove the comfy chairs.
When I try again in a few minutes I might check if Stein's "American Dystopia" is out. This is him exposing Atwood and all her handmaid protesters for frauds.

Posted by: gKWVE, enshittified at February 01, 2026 11:41 AM (pcOZC)

354 If memory serves, I think one or two Ellery Queens were done by sf writer Jack Vance too. If there were any farmed out to writers other than Sturgeon, Davidson, & Vance, I've never run across a reference to it.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026

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According to what I've found, JSG, Vance did some of the non-Ellery mysteries published under the EQ byline. The cousins had nothing to do with any of them except licensing the name. Most of them were done by pulp-fiction magazine authors like Richard Deming and Henry Kane.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:41 AM (wzUl9)

355 The high school literature texts used to have some pretty decent stuff. "Leiningen versus the Ants" was there. Ditto Jack Finney's "Of Missing Persons," Bradbury's "The Pedestrian," "The Lottery" of course, as well as Poe, Hemingway's "The Killers," and more.

When I looked at my daughter's high school lit book, most of that stuff was gone and the contents pages looked pretty bleak to me. I've never worked up enough courage/masochism to check out the ones my grandkids are stuck with.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 11:41 AM (q3u5l)

356 FREUDIAN SLIP: Ilhan Omar says Renee Good & Alex Pretti’s deaths were “ENTIRELY AFFORDABLE”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

huh. I could lose loony dykes and pre-op minotaurs all day long and it wouldn't affect my bottom line either.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 01, 2026 11:42 AM (5XGUX)

357 The high school literature texts used to have some pretty decent stuff. "Leiningen versus the Ants" was there. Ditto Jack Finney's "Of Missing Persons," Bradbury's "The Pedestrian," "The Lottery" of course, as well as Poe, Hemingway's "The Killers," and more.

When I looked at my daughter's high school lit book, most of that stuff was gone and the contents pages looked pretty bleak to me. I've never worked up enough courage/masochism to check out the ones my grandkids are stuck with.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026

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You were lucky. "Leiningen" was the only one of those I ever saw in a textbook, and that edition was being phased out at that point, so we never read it for class.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:43 AM (wzUl9)

358 Everything for The Revolution, right Illie babe?

Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 11:45 AM (S8ZfB)

359 What a bunch of nerds, reading encyclopedias when you were kids!!!

... my parents had a 60s / 70s WorldBook set and I was all over that ...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ULPxl)

360 'Bout time I headed out to do some chores. (Not out of the apartment, just off the couch.) Thanks to MP4 and all of you for a fine Book Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 11:45 AM (wzUl9)

361 Everything for The Revolution, right Illie babe?
Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 11:45 AM (S8ZfB)

True. It's one of the advantages they have.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 01, 2026 11:47 AM (g8Ew8)

362 ... my parents had a 60s / 70s WorldBook set and I was all over that ...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ULPxl)

Mine too! Then we got a Britannica, and I was in hog heaven!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 01, 2026 11:48 AM (n9ltV)

363 >>> Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 01, 2026 09:22 AM (ufSfZ)

Please post a list of what you've got, I bet they will find homes. I would love to get at least one pre-woke set!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 01, 2026 11:50 AM (ULPxl)

364 My Aunt gave me a sub to National Geographic when I was a youth. Should have been named National Savage Women With Large Titties From Across The Globe.

I could never thank her enough.

Posted by: When Men Were Men at February 01, 2026 11:50 AM (pbej3)

365 William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" was another classic book which evaded the truth so as to make a point. In fact kids stranded on an island have been known to work together.
Tolkien may not have liked analogy, but analogy at least kept Orwell honest.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 01, 2026 11:51 AM (pcOZC)

366 Wolfus,

High school for me was 1963-7; think I've got a few years on you, so they hadn't phased out most of the good stuff yet. There were things that went right by me because my only-sf-for-fun days started in late 62; had little appreciation for the required Dickens, Henry James, etc. yet. And of the Shakespeare required, only the tragedies did it for me; his comedies still have no appeal for me at all. I read Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare before high school and there too it was the tragedies I liked, so at least in my case it wasn't the teaching of the time.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 11:51 AM (q3u5l)

367 William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" was another classic book which evaded the truth so as to make a point. In fact kids stranded on an island have been known to work together.

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I see you've never been on a playground with a bunch of rednecks' kids.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 01, 2026 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)

368 My Aunt gave me a sub to National Geographic when I was a youth. Should have been named National Savage Women With Large Titties From Across The Globe.

I could never thank her enough.
Posted by: When Men Were Men
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Except the South-East Asia Special Edition
Subtitled
Teacup Tits

Posted by: Operator Error at February 01, 2026 11:57 AM (WMTKS)

369 Off to engage in useless pursuits here at Casa Some Guy.

Thanks for the thread, MP4.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at February 01, 2026 11:57 AM (q3u5l)

370 "One fish two fish red fish blue fish."

I was a very poor reader. I was maybe 10 and Mom got "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott.

It's no fun having to look every other word in a dictionary.

Think the first real book I read completely was Steinbeck's "The Pearl" and then later "Giants in the Earth."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 11:58 AM (qFwJc)

371 Aside from the "learn to read" type of books, I remember two from my very young adulthood:

1. "The Transfigured Hart" by Jane Yolen
2. "The Satanic Mill" by Otfried Preussler

My mom borrowed these books from the library and said to me(paraphrase), "here read these". lol

I remember at the time being enthralled, scared, fascinated, and enchanted by these books.

There are many books that shaped who I am today, but the first one I remember that actually altered my living point of view, is "Out Of The Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 01, 2026 11:59 AM (MSlZp)

372 Can't remember the first book I read but I do remember reading a lot as a young child. Hardy Boys and Tom Swift come to mind. Every military base of sufficient size had a library and he would take us there at least once a month. I picked up my reading habit from him. He introduced me to Asmiov, Clarke, and Andre Norton, among the many other old school scifi authors. He wasn't much into fantasy but he loved westerns, especially Louis Lamour. I'm fairly certain he owned almost every book Louis Lamour ever wrote at one point.

Posted by: Farquad at February 01, 2026 11:59 AM (CFMhl)

373 The first book I can remember reading by myself (without a safety net) was "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. For a kid, the story was engaging, but it's the Illustrations that really caught my attention. That book got worn out.

Caveat: Recently, at a Christmas reunion, my Niece's daughter wanted to show me a video game she enjoys. It was the Online version of Final Fantasy (I forget the #). Anyway, there was a region in it with trolls. And, those damn trolls were exactly (right down to the leg scales) like the trolls from Sendak's Illustrations. It was a mirror image. I don't know the copyright law well enough. They might now be public domain. But, it shocked and delighted me.

Posted by: Orson at February 01, 2026 12:00 PM (dIske)

374 CBD HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)

375 Put down your books, and there will be a test given

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

376 Mister Bennet's sister married Mr. Collins Sr. and they produced a male heir.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 12:02 PM (qFwJc)

377 I read Brad Meltzer's latest, The Viper. Typical Meltzer thriller. Good escape reading.

Posted by: Zoltan at February 01, 2026 12:05 PM (VOrDg)

378 Way late but I don't remember my first book, though I've been reading since about the age of 3 or 4. 1984 changed my life for sure. The other writing that changed me was Harrison Bergeron, which was a short story and not a book, but it opened my young eyes to what the left meant by equity, even though the term wasn't part of common parlance at the time.

Posted by: Funny how predictive the dystopians were at February 01, 2026 12:08 PM (TbWk/)

379 376 Mister Bennet's sister married Mr. Collins Sr. and they produced a male heir.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 12:02 PM (qFwJc)
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Mr Bennett's sister would not be in the male line, any more than his daughters.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 01, 2026 12:10 PM (AlhUl)

380 As for life-changing books, I'd say C.S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity" ranks #1 (outside of the Bible).
Posted by: PabloD

This one.

Posted by: Dagwood at February 01, 2026 12:12 PM (CC0N1)

381 First book I ever read: the Catholic school version of “Dick & Jane”. (The family went to Mass on Sunday, said “Grace,” and prayed together at home.) First book I chose and read on my own: “Nobody Listens to Andrew.” Coincidentally, it was also one of the first books DS#1 checked out of the school library on his own. Different school, different town, 30 years apart.

I received a copy of the “Alice” books for my 7th birthday—cheap paper with a paperboard cover. It still remains my favorite book. I find life curious, I give myself very good advice which I seldom follow, and was my introduction to the fun one could have with language (“Jabberwocky”

. Dr. Seuss had just published “The Cat in the Hat” when I started 1st Grade. It was so popular in my school library that there was a waitlist for it! Carroll had Seuss beat by almost a century.

Posted by: March Hare at February 01, 2026 12:16 PM (O/GSq)

382 250 I emailed Enclave again, the Christian sci fi publisher, but crickets. I may try the publisher you guys mentioned last week. Thanks for asking.

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at February 01, 2026 12:25 PM (2WqTM)

383 First books I remember reading were the Golden Books Mom would buy at the grocery store. The Golden Book Encyclopedias (one volume per week at the Red Owl) were a favorite too.

Book that changed my life: Witness by Whitaker Chambers. It eliminated all childish lefty ideas from my brain.

Posted by: pikkumatti at February 01, 2026 12:37 PM (FY8nG)

384 I was also lucky in that my mother had her 3rd Grade Reader from the late-1920’s or early-1930’s.. (Story was she got to take it home because she went to Catholic school.) Beautiful illustrations, complex stories of different types: folktales, fables, modern tales, and lives of saints. More interesting than the stories in my reader, more complex language than what my own children read, and certainly more sophisticated than what is required of today’s 3rd Graders.

Posted by: March Hare at February 01, 2026 12:40 PM (O/GSq)

385 Originally posted to wrong thread (Tech Thread):

Can't remember the first book I read, probably a "Dick and Jane" from school.

The book that changed my life was "The Two Towers". We were at my grandparents for either Thansgiving or Christmas. I was boored, and had just finished some trade paperback in my uncle's room (he was away in the AF), and was looking for something else to read. Saw Two Towers on his bookshelf and started reading. Granted, I was starting in the middle of the whole tale, but I could literally NOT put it down. Next weekend I bought the whole series and started from the beginning. I think I was 11 or 12 at the time.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at February 01, 2026 01:17 PM (7kJyR)

386 The first real book that I remember reading was the first volume of the Golden Book Encyclopedia. The local supermarket was offering the set one volume a week as a promotion, and my parents bought them all, and I read them all cover to cover. They were well written, and lavishly illustrated, and I just loved to open one at random and read.

As for books that changed my life, one I can definitely point to is "C Primer Plus" by Rick Waite. It taught me how code in the C programming language, and incidentally how computers work. That was the cornerstone of a career that saw me through from the 1980s to my pleasant, prosperous retirement. Thanks, Rick!

Posted by: Nemo at February 01, 2026 01:25 PM (4RPgu)

387 First book I ever read was the Hobbit. I was in 1st grade and my mother read me a chapter a night, and by the time we got halfway through I was reading faster than she could read aloud.

The book that changed my life was Galatians.

Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 01, 2026 01:28 PM (lxobq)

388 The first book I read was the first Dick and Jane Reader at the beginning of first grade. But before that I wanted to read the newspaper comic strip Nancy, so my mother, who never went to school beyond the 8th grade, taught me how to read using, of course, phonics.

My uneducated mother inadvertently put me way ahead of most of my classmates, and I pretty much stayed there through graduate school in electrical engineering.

Posted by: Ralph at February 01, 2026 01:31 PM (8WZD4)

389 Freddy the Detective by Walter Brooks

Posted by: Shoofly the Boxing Mule at February 01, 2026 01:42 PM (ufJfM)

390 I started reading at a very early age, it could have been a Hardy Boys book or a biography, the one I remember that impacted me was Lord of the Flies when I was 7. My much older brother was in college and was assigned to read it, and after he did he gave it to me.

We didn't have a tv a lot, but my parents would take me to the library every week and I'd check out a bunch of books to read.

I also read Mad Magazine constantly.

Posted by: Happy at February 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ZdTnF)

391 I don't remember the first book I read, but I'm sure Dick and Jane were characters in it.

As for life changing books outside of the Bible, Henry Scougal's wonderful classic "The Life of God in the Soul of Man" and J.I Packer's "Knowing God" both impacted my spiritual life significantly.

Politically Frederic Bastiat's classic "The Law" and Barry Goldwater's "The Conscience of a Conservative" and Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson" helped to cement my conservative political beliefs.

Posted by: Dirk Manley at February 01, 2026 02:46 PM (HZB7b)

392 I can't remember my first book, I don't remember not reading.
The most important books were the collection called The Home University Bookshelf that my grandmother had. I read through all of them by the time I was 10, and would reread them occasionally when I visited. I inherited them. I can see all 11 volumes from where I am sitting now.
I have an interesting story about the World Book. We lived in an apartment and one of the neighbors was a woman with a child the same age as our boy. She and my wife would unwind from parenting at night over a gallon jug of Red Mountain. Sometimes they would get into.a wine-fueled discussion late at night, and I would be awakened to settle the dispute. Then I had to get.up the next day to go to work. One Saturday, after a 1AM Friday refereeing, the luckiest door to door salesman in the world knocked on my door. I had just received a patent award bonus, and it took about 20 minutes filling out paper to order the World Book. I told the two of them, look it up, don't wake me. I dumped them in the recycling bin last move. Nobody, including used book stores wanted them.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2026 02:56 PM (36QIT)

393 "The Fire Cat" by Ester Averill (1960) is the first book I can recall actually reading. I think I was 3 or 4 years old. I read it back to my dad and he was so surprised he yelled at my mom "Get in here and listen to your son!" Almost gave her a heart attack! LOL

I highly recommend it if you have a young reader or almost reader in your life. It is a "chapter" book, has superb sentence construction, and teaches the virtues of hard work and kindness.

Posted by: snakeplizzken at February 01, 2026 03:06 PM (G0Od/)

394 I don't remember the first book I read after Dick, Jane and Sally for school. I read all magazines in my grandmother's sewing room (we had an apt in her house). I'd go hang out there and read Look and Life and how much everyone outside of the South hated me (I was 6yrs old). Read a magazine about Hollyweird and tv stars. Read Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Reader's Digest, and Lady's Home Journal. I read anything I could get my hands on.Including books from the library and those given to me for birthdays and Christmas.

I still have "some" books that my mother did not apparently give away to a library (ALL of my Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames, etc, and they were a lot).

I finally have grandchildren and the books are gone. It is a mystery to her where they are! I forgive her but I don't forget.

I have some that she did not abscond with that are in a bookcase downstairs. Books to replace those she gave away. Plus another entire bookcase of kid's books that were my sons. We don't lack for books and I encourage reading from infancy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 01, 2026 03:10 PM (WONhk)

395 @235 --

Those are the books I mentioned. Tip was a dog, Mitten a cat. Owned by Jack and Janet's parents.

I got a few laughs out of those readers, particularly when J&J's grandparents would visit. "Hello, Grandfather! Hello, Grandmother!" Nobody I knew used those titles; Grandma and Grandpa were universal. I figured that big-city kids were different.

Posted by: Weak Geek at February 01, 2026 03:13 PM (p/isN)

396 I read "Freckles", by Gene Stratton Porter, 1904, sitting under the stairs in my grandparents' rock foundation basement. I might have been 6 or 7. A lovely, innocent story about a young man who doesn't know he's poor or injured...finds love, purpose, happiness. Makes me all teary-eyed just thinking about it. As for life changers? I read Atlas Shrugged for the first time 5 year after it was published. Chose it because it was the biggest book in the library, reread every year since and learn something every time..

Posted by: Little Old Texas Lady at February 01, 2026 03:22 PM (CD0lE)

397 Go on YouTube and hunt for THE FIRE CAT | CAPTIVATING & CHEERFUL! | KIDS READ ALOUD | BL 2.9
if you want to watch a video of a woman reading a copy of The Fire Cat to the internet.

Posted by: snakeplizzken at February 01, 2026 03:22 PM (G0Od/)

398 @251 --

Wolfus I am not, but I will recommend the second EQ novel, "The French Powder Mystery." (The first book is too anachronistic; men don't wear hats these days.) As with the first book, Ellery has to puzzle out the slaying of the wife of the owner of French's Department Store. She's found dead in a window display of bedroom furniture. The killer isn't named until the last two words of the book.

EQ moved away from the deduction puzzles, but those are why the books are remembered.

(Wonder what Wolfus said.)

Posted by: Weak Geek at February 01, 2026 03:31 PM (p/isN)

399 The book that made me think that, hey, there's something else in all this reading I've been forced to be doing, was an anthology called Black Water, collected and notated by Alberto Manguel. I see there's some copies available. 1983.

Posted by: John Skaife at February 01, 2026 03:57 PM (SrMW8)

400 Lots and lots of books to start out, and POURED over the Britannica. Absolute Hardy Boys and Encyclopedia Brown kid.
Most profound book/reading experience? Camus, 'The Plague'.
Am changed forever...

Posted by: Mudshark at February 01, 2026 04:31 PM (Q6Uuv)

401 #393 I LOVE Averill”s books. The illustrations and the Cat Club with their portraits I have all her books. So happy to see another fan.

Posted by: Hyacinth at February 01, 2026 04:50 PM (ryp7h)

402 As with the first book, Ellery has to puzzle out the slaying of the wife of the owner of French's Department Store. She's found dead in a window display of bedroom furniture.

Gagg ... shoot that sentence.

Replace with:

As with the first book, Ellery has to puzzle out a slaying. This time, the wife of the owner of French's Department Store is found shot to death in a window display of bedroom furniture.

(I know this likely will go unseen, but pride and conscience won't let me blow it off.

Posted by: Weak Geek at February 01, 2026 05:24 PM (p/isN)

403 I remember in nursery school, sneaking in to the building during recess to read Dr. Seuss books. We didn't have any at home. But I was already a comfortable reader by then.

"The Martian Chronicles" changed my life. It made me want to be a writer.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at February 01, 2026 06:14 PM (asXVI)

404 The first books I remember reading were--in no particular order--John M. Schealer's "Zip-Zip" series; and Elanor Cameron's "Mushroom Planet" stories, featuring Mr. Bass.
After those, books lacking the spaceship sticker on the spines were simply not worth checking out of the library.

The first book I bought with my own money was John Hersey's "The Child Buyer", from a drug store paperback rack, the source of a huge chunk of my early personal library.

The first book I bought because I recognized the writer's name was Harlan Ellison's "Paingod" short story collection.

Posted by: Checklight at February 01, 2026 08:33 PM (Zx8G2)

405 Delta Force: The U.S. Counter-Terrorist Unit and The Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

Posted by: papagirgio200 at February 01, 2026 09:45 PM (TPEa1)

406 That was my first, this book, "Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air" was the one that made me click with - "hey, there are answers to this shit!"

Posted by: papagirgio200 at February 01, 2026 09:48 PM (TPEa1)

Daily Tech News 1 February 2026

Top Story

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, has denied reports that his company is not going to invest $100 billion in OpenAI. (CNBC)

He explained that the real story is that Nvidia is not going to invest $100 billion in OpenAI:
"Sam is closing the round (of investment) and we will absolutely be involved," Huang added. "We will invest ‍a great deal of money, probably the largest investment we've ever made."

Asked whether ‌it would be over $100 billion, he said: "No, no, nothing like ⁠that."
So there you have it. Nvidia will absolutely definitively be going ahead with investing some amount in some company at some point maybe.

Unless they don't.

Tech News

SpaceX has requested federal approval to launch a million datacenters into orbit. (Tech Crunch)

That used to be a lot.
Meanwhile Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, has paused space tourism to focus on the Moon. (Tech Crunch)

That seems bold considering that the company's first orbital flights only launched last year, but good luck to them.
You can now buy a flying car. (Yahoo)

Well, more of a flying motorbike.

Actually, more of a flying hammock slung between two banks of rotors and surrounded by a plastic shell.

Anyway, yours for only $200,000. And you're not allowed to fly it more than 200 feet above the ground, or in regulated airspace.

And it's classified as an ultralight aircraft, and it doesn't have wheels, so not really a car at all.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Questionable acts at a reasonable price.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at February 01, 2026 04:02 AM (SSiCQ)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 01, 2026 04:03 AM (AdHga)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Tuna at February 01, 2026 04:03 AM (lJ0H4)

4 Ah, an AC/DC earworm. I like it!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 01, 2026 04:05 AM (AdHga)

5 Belated BOING!

Migrating Mrs. BD to a new Samsung Android. Fresh hell!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 04:32 AM (gK5jz)

6 G'Day everyone
Was expecting it to be only 1"30 or so

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

7 I guess people making fun of Jeff's fake astronauts has put a damper on things.

I'm glad because that thing was going to kill some people at some point.

Posted by: pawn at February 01, 2026 04:44 AM (uvB+6)

8 I have no visible clock in bed room

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)

9 11 degrees here

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)

10 "Abounding Love". "Our Daily Bread" Christian devotional on Philippians 1:3-11. Devotional is followed by a prayer and some additional insights:

https://tinyurl.com/2kzfd3rh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 04:59 AM (D+BhG)

11 Woman who reaches 107 gives credit to God. Scroll down for video:

https://tinyurl.com/bdcvuyvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 05:02 AM (D+BhG)

12 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at February 01, 2026 05:04 AM (AN2gy)

13 "Snowplow vigilante" in St Louis rents equipment and plows snow for free. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/mryd49sw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 05:04 AM (D+BhG)

14 Tow truck driver in Texas saves man from icy culvert:

https://tinyurl.com/2265m2aj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 05:07 AM (D+BhG)

15 Psalm 1:4

"Thinking long term." Psalm 1:4. International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/4yz66cy3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 05:19 AM (D+BhG)

16 Even though I'm old,chubby,broke as in no wealth, have several health problems, this is still the day Our Lord in Heaven has given me and everyone else.

I am thankful that I will see another sunrise.

Posted by: Former Gun Bunny at February 01, 2026 05:23 AM (qMgJx)

17 Posted by: Former Gun Bunny at February 01, 2026 05:23 AM (qMgJx)

Amen. Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 05:25 AM (D+BhG)

18 From Grok: Largest non-tech private investments (leveraged buyouts/private equity acquisitions) include:

Energy Future Holdings (TXU Energy): $45 billion (2007, utilities/energy) – historically the largest LBO.

Electronic Arts: $55 billion (2025, gaming/entertainment) – recent record LBO.

HCA Healthcare: $33 billion (2006, hospitals/healthcare).

Equity Office Properties: $39 billion (2007, real estate).

RJR Nabisco: $31 billion (1989, tobacco/food).

Posted by: pawn at February 01, 2026 05:26 AM (uvB+6)

19 My sister in the Lord, and very kind fellow 'ette, TecumsehTea, likes the musical selections, so here is one: "Way Maker". I didn't know this Christian group, but they do a very nice job on a song called "Way Maker"-about four minute video. And now I have to get ready for church. Have a blessed day, all. You are a gift to others and God loves you!

https://tinyurl.com/ne2pm22r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2026 05:31 AM (D+BhG)

20
Good morning, Hordians.

Miss Ruth, who's a house dog while she's in season, started whining at 1:00 this morning. Told her to shut up. She continued to whine. Got up and let her out. She continued to whine. Checked her over and gave her an anti-gas pill. She whined some more and eventually settled down.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 05:33 AM (tgvbd)

21 "You can't take it with you cause it goes before you do."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 05:44 AM (qFwJc)

22 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 01, 2026 05:44 AM (bQ4nt)

23 Good morning.
I approve this message.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at February 01, 2026 05:44 AM (/2Gbl)

24 B.C. 487 Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout , O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

A.D. 33 Matthew 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

Posted by: kingsman at February 01, 2026 05:45 AM (ehY6c)

25 Somehow missed seeing Powerline week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 05:53 AM (Ia/+0)

26 Evening and morning to all on this Sunday! Holy cow, how did it get to be February *already*??

27 F. here, clear, wind chill of 17. I have no need to go out into it, so there.

Somehow Stirling avoided leaping on or over me until fairly late, for him. I actually slept a decent amount last night. Feels . . . odd. Good, though.

Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

27 It follows as the night the day, that if the first day of the month is a Sunday, we will have a Friday the 13th in that month. If that concerns you at all, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

28 having a new knee since last week, I have weird sleep patterns. Mostly driven by the achy leg, I wake up about every two hours and have to ice the leg. Soon, though, I will be unstoppable!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 05:58 AM (XPDqE)

29 It's a brisk 10 degrees here today, much warmer than recent days.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 05:59 AM (XPDqE)

30 Huck are you doing exercises?

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 06:01 AM (Ia/+0)

31 Oh, yes. I do anyway, but my knee is getting extra attention. Might be part of what keeps me awake, I might be over-doing it. I am already at 90 degree bend a week out from surgery. Night times are the harder times though, for whatever reason.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 06:04 AM (XPDqE)

32 I am not stoopersitious.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 06:08 AM (qFwJc)

33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBAl9cchQac

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 01, 2026 06:08 AM (jrgJz)

34
Off to Mass. Later

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 01, 2026 06:09 AM (tgvbd)

35 >>> Somehow missed seeing Powerline week in pictures

You get a Sunday bonus.

Posted by: fluffy at February 01, 2026 06:10 AM (AN2gy)

36 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: dirty deeds done dirt cheap.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2026 06:11 AM (8dH7A)

37 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 01, 2026 06:11 AM (2Ez/1)

38 I am not stoopersitious.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026

***
I've had neither better luck nor worse on any Friday the 13th I can remember. Marie the black cat breaking a mirror in about 2000 brought me worse luck, if you want to look at it that way, than any specific date ever has.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

39 Most birdbaths in country I think are frozen

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)

40 Time I slopped the feline hogs, got dressed, and chowed down myself!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

41 Been stuck inside with infuriatingly persistent cold, discovered two good Aussie series on Amazon -- City Homicide, and Mr. In-Between. The former is free with Prime.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 01, 2026 06:20 AM (VnsnO)

42 I've had neither better luck nor worse on any Friday the 13th I can remember. Marie the black cat breaking a mirror in about 2000 brought me worse luck, if you want to look at it that way, than any specific date ever has.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9)
-------------
February is my personal bad luck month. I've injured my back and had a car wrecked on February 9th (not the same year) and wrecked another car on February 18th (neither of the previous years). February hasn't been acting up lately, though, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2026 06:23 AM (8dH7A)

43 It's my turn to deal with the only non-suffering member of The House Of Former Plague, so guten morgen Hordevolk.

This Sunday is also the baptism of the first daughter of the youngest member of my knitting/sewing/crocheting/embroidery circle, so I'm looking forward to watching that (unfortunately online).

Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at February 01, 2026 06:27 AM (Wt5PA)

44
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 01, 2026 06:27 AM (tljrc)

45 1 more month and the worst of winter should be over.
We have had 3 foot snow storms in March though

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 06:27 AM (Ia/+0)

46 I want to take this moment to thank WABC’s Dani Beckstrom for being Dani Beckstrom.

Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 06:27 AM (S8ZfB)

47 Good morning Horde. First time in a few days that it hasn't been below zero when I woke up. The next day or two will also be cold. Winter in the mid Hudson.
Hope you are all well

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 01, 2026 06:36 AM (IDEQi)

48 Supposed to be in the 70s most of the week. Time to start planting....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2026 06:39 AM (uQesX)

49 Greetings from the Carolinas. 17 degrees and a foot of snow on top of 3 inches of ice. Hot fire and hot coffee.

Ayn Rand was right.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 01, 2026 06:42 AM (jt/rW)

50 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 06:46 AM (RIvkX)

51 G'morning, all!

19.8 degrees out, with about 1.5 inches of snow on the ground.

Waiting to see if Church will take place.

We set a personal record of 111KW of electricity used in the last 24 hours.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 01, 2026 06:48 AM (iMotb)

52 A.D. 33 Matthew 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Posted by: kingsman at February 01, 2026 05:45 AM
------
Episode 8 of Season 4 of The Chosen is entitled "Humble."
It depicts how Jesus' disciples go about borrowing the donkey.
Enjoyable to watch a fictionalized account of how such a thing might have unfolded.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 01, 2026 06:53 AM (2Ez/1)

53
Good morning, 17° here in North Alabama. Barely reached 24° yesterday, we'll see what today brings.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 01, 2026 06:54 AM (QVmho)

54 Yesterday was surprisingly sunny and warm. Did a morning hike to the GG Bridge then a college buddy came over and we went up Lone Mountain.

Nary a thought of snow or cold.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 06:54 AM (RIvkX)

55 NYC is back!
The parks dept crew for Baisley Pond is too lazy to plow the paths in the park.
10° on the south side of our street. It gets to 38° on the sunny north side.

Posted by: Accomack at February 01, 2026 06:56 AM (S8ZfB)

56
Posted by: Former Gun Bunny
=======
Amen. Thanks!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Absolutely! Any day we are ambulatory and surounded by grey box friends, is a win.

Every day is a miracle, every formation is a parade, and every meal is a banquet.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 01, 2026 06:57 AM (QVmho)

57 G'mornin' everyone!

7 degrees above zero !

(woohoo!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 01, 2026 06:58 AM (Cjt/F)

58 Grüß Gott, Horde!

Fenelon, thanks for sharing the bit about the St Louis snowplower. I wonder if he might be related to one of my high school English teachers (same last name, correct age, etc).

I have relatives that live in Dogtown, so he very likely helped my family.

Stay warm, wherever y'all are.

Unless you're in the tropics. Then stay cool.

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at February 01, 2026 06:59 AM (Yg2TI)

59
having a new knee since last week, I have weird sleep patterns. Mostly driven by the achy leg, I wake up about every two hours and have to ice the leg. Soon, though, I will be unstoppable!
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Keep up with the exercises. I put off getting mine done for a decade (I'm stupid that way) and my quads had atrophied from compensating for the knee pain when I walked. Took me three years to get the leg back. It's still measuring an inch smaller at the thigh than the other one but at least it doesn't ache with muscle pain constantly anymore.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 01, 2026 07:01 AM (QVmho)

60 Phone says 10 degrees but deck thermometer is 8.5 degrees

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 07:01 AM (Ia/+0)

61 Regarding the Pivotal Helix/Blackfly: It's one of the frontrunning electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) ultralights. I'm acquainted with two people who own them, they like them a lot.

I got to hop into its simulator at the Nat'l Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence a couple days before the TX MoMe. The sim's graphics were a bit buggy, but the "Flight" experience was consistent with my friends' descriptions of their actual experience.

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at February 01, 2026 07:03 AM (Yg2TI)

62 It's currently freezing in Tampa, FL

Posted by: one hour sober at February 01, 2026 07:03 AM (Y1sOo)

63 All these over-the-air channels, and nothing worth looking at. Hmph. Off the lawn, kiddo.

Breakfast: two scrambled eggs w/ cheese within and around a toasted taco shell; a half slice of whole grain toast with peanut butter and honey. Energy!

I could shower, even shave, and still have some lazy time until the Book Thread. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2026 07:05 AM (wzUl9)

64 Morning peeps.

It's -4 here this morning. My furnace hasn't shut off for more than 15 minutes every hour, all night.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 07:06 AM (jtM2q)

65 For whatever it's worth, Palmer Lucky (founder of Anduril) bought a Jetson One, not a Pivotal Helix.

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at February 01, 2026 07:06 AM (Yg2TI)

66 Weather Underground says it's -7 here, but while out and about earlier, car said +2.

Posted by: Nazdar at February 01, 2026 07:10 AM (NcvvS)

67 truer words have never been said, Biff!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 01, 2026 07:10 AM (Cjt/F)

68 Taylor Rehmet.

Bwahahahahaha

Posted by: Midterm bloodbath at February 01, 2026 07:14 AM (h81X3)

69 5 Belated BOING!

Migrating Mrs. BD to a new Samsung Android. Fresh hell!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 04:32 AM (gK5jz)

heh
your nick click

Posted by: m at February 01, 2026 07:16 AM (SSiCQ)

70 mornin yall. If you needed any more evidence of what a sick perverted weirdo Bernie Sanders is, here you go:

"Bernie Sanders built a device to give himself 'cosmos-shattering orgasms"

Something tells me this guy just loves penguins.

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2026 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

71 68 Taylor Rehmet.
Bwahahahahaha
Posted by: Midterm bloodbath at February 01, 2026 07:14 AM (h81X3)

=

Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Sunday, February 1, 2026

googleable

Posted by: m at February 01, 2026 07:18 AM (SSiCQ)

72 Amazing shift of the winter arctic blast. It's 34degF with no snow here in the Rockies, along the continental divide with a projected high of 51degF today.

That's probably going to change soon, and we'll get blasted with some double digit negative temperatures and massive snow.

Winter is still coming.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 07:21 AM (oT7pT)

73 Just around freezing, so...
Plan on hitting the range later today, looking forward to gub thread...

Posted by: man at February 01, 2026 07:30 AM (XuXeR)

74 22 degrees currently on Perdido Key.

I cracked open all the exterior faucets last evening and let the water drip overnight. I probably didn't need to do that. The faucet covers I had on them should've been good enough, but I didn't want to take even the slightest chance of waking up to a plumbing emergency.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 01, 2026 07:33 AM (Y1sOo)

75 69 5 Belated BOING!

Migrating Mrs. BD to a new Samsung Android. Fresh hell!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 04:32 AM (gK5jz)

heh
your nick click
Posted by: m at February 01, 2026 07:16 AM (SSiCQ)

https://boing.greg.technology

Posted by: m at February 01, 2026 07:34 AM (SSiCQ)

76 Mexico has banned vapes, which means the cartels are now in the vape business. Smart move, Mexico.

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

77 >>>I cracked open all the exterior faucets last evening and let the water drip overnight. I probably didn't need to do that. The faucet covers I had on them should've been good enough, but I didn't want to take even the slightest chance of waking up to a plumbing emergency.

Posted by: one hour sober

>Last year, about this time, the temp dropped below -20degF and my pipes cracked. I was working out of town for a week.

Completely destroyed the house. Better safe than sorry, for about $20K in repairs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 07:39 AM (oT7pT)

78 "Bernie Sanders built a device to give himself 'cosmos-shattering orgasms"

Something tells me this guy just loves penguins.
Posted by: fd at February 01, 2026 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

Well, that would explain his hair.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 01, 2026 07:41 AM (TuGyL)

79 > "Bernie Sanders built a device to give himself 'cosmos-shattering orgasms"
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At his age he more than likely rupture a testicle.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 07:45 AM (jtM2q)

80
"Bernie Sanders built a device to give himself 'cosmos-shattering orgasms"

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He gets his orgasms, but the cosmos is shattered. Selfish bastard.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 01, 2026 07:47 AM (VWtfl)

81 You youngsters have no idea that Woody Allen introduced the Orgasmatron in 1973.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

82 You youngsters have no idea that Woody Allen introduced the Orgasmatron in 1973.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)
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Also attack pudding.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 07:51 AM (FgA1v)

83 74 22 degrees currently on Perdido Key.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 01, 2026 07:33 AM
+++

Would love to see a picture of ice on Cotton Bayou.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 01, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Completely destroyed the house.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Yikes!

Hurricane Sally destroyed the entire interior of my house along with the roof -- to the tune of $184k in rebuild/repair costs -- so I know the feeling.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 01, 2026 07:53 AM (Y1sOo)

85 Also attack pudding.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 07:51 AM (FgA1v)
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Ha! This film has become a classic of slapstick comedy. The pudding, the personal helicopter, the computer tapes. And the famous line, "Albert Shanker finally got the Bomb"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

86 82 You youngsters have no idea that Woody Allen introduced the Orgasmatron in 1973.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)
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Also attack pudding.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 07:51 AM (FgA1v)

And a yuge shout out to the reliability of the VW Beetle.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 01, 2026 07:57 AM (TuGyL)

87 22 degrees currently on Perdido Key."

Webcam @ Clearwater beach shows.... snow.

Posted by: man at February 01, 2026 07:58 AM (XuXeR)

88 >>>Yikes!

Hurricane Sally destroyed the entire interior of my house along with the roof -- to the tune of $184k in rebuild/repair costs -- so I know the feeling.

Posted by: one hour sober

>Insurance is a good thing, occasionally. I had to live at my brother's place for 6 months.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 01, 2026 08:00 AM (oT7pT)

89 For anyone who wonders why Taylor Rehmet won that Texas special election easily, and why no one shows up for special elections like this:

The Texas Legislature is only in session every other year. The Texas Senate will not be in session again until 2027, after this election is done again in a few months. What Taylor won is a nice letterhead he can use on his stationary for a while.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 08:00 AM (IUuBi)

90 9 degrees here in Upstate SC, with 6"+ inches of snow on the ground. A rare occurrence! I checked Virginia City, MT yesterday it's like our winter forecasts had been traded. They were in the 40s.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 01, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

91 And a yuge shout out to the reliability of the VW Beetle.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 01, 2026 07:57 AM (TuGyL)

====

Ummm, hello?

Posted by: Herbie at February 01, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

92 >>Would love to see a picture of ice on Cotton Bayou.

Best I could do would be to take of pic of the lid to the orange Home Depot bucket I keep next to the dog pen and use to dispose of their poop. It had water on it yesterday. Now, it's ice.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 01, 2026 08:00 AM (Y1sOo)

93 .
I just had a nice, non-informative conversation with ChadGPT about the Pivatol eVTOL Black(Death)Fly. Nosing into a house near you ... soon. Boom.
.
- Garp

Posted by: Marooned at February 01, 2026 08:00 AM (kt8QE)

94 Bernie Sanders' "Penguitron" device was banned when it was revealed that it created a space time warp 500 years into the future, causing Captain James T. Kirk to be stranded in space, wearing a spacesuit and floating in and out of existence.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 01, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

95 Bernie Sanders' "Penguitron" device was banned when it was revealed that it created a space time warp 500 years into the future, causing Captain James T. Kirk to be stranded in space, wearing a spacesuit and floating in and out of existence.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 01, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)
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No fvcking way.

Posted by: The Tholians at February 01, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

96
The Texas Legislature is only in session every other year. The Texas Senate will not be in session again until 2027, after this election is done again in a few months. What Taylor won is a nice letterhead he can use on his stationary for a while.

==

Now, now...all that info will do is harsh that poor feller's "bloodbath" dream.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 01, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

97 82 You youngsters have no idea that Woody Allen introduced the Orgasmatron in 1973.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

I hate to differ, but the Orgasmatron was first introduced by Duran Duran in 1968.
The mad scientist, not the band.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 08:04 AM (IUuBi)

98 “ The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!”

2 Samuel 22:47

Posted by: Marcus T at February 01, 2026 08:04 AM (f4oEt)

99 @81 Sleeper was a hoot.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 01, 2026 08:06 AM (IDEQi)

100 Moltbook - The social media network for AI agents

Forbes article
https://tinyurl.com/3dpv6mu7

Very spooky.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 01, 2026 08:07 AM (EFrJp)

101 I hate to differ, but the Orgasmatron was first introduced by Duran Duran in 1968.
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I am pleased to be corrected. Woody can be so derivative.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

102 TBH when I saw Barbarella I probably had no idea what that was.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

103 >>had to live at my brother's place for 6 months.

We lived in our motorhome parked on our front lawn. Eighteen months before we could move back in. (It was during COVID and supply chain issues delayed materials delivery substantially).

Posted by: one hour sober at February 01, 2026 08:11 AM (Y1sOo)

104 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 01, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

105 102 TBH when I saw Barbarella I probably had no idea what that was.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

LOL me too! I watched it again a couple years ago and this time I could see that it was just splashy sets and risqué costuming with a terrible plot and an absolutely idiotic ending. Typical 60’s movie.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 08:18 AM (IUuBi)

106 Its really too cold outside

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 08:20 AM (Ia/+0)

107 LiB. It was 53 degrees here in the Bitterroot Valley of MT yesterday. We need the snow for summer irrigation water. Send your's our way.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 01, 2026 08:23 AM (2NHgQ)

108 It warmed up a lot from yesterday. Now 17 ℉. Wahoo!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 01, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

109 It's up to 8° here. Going back down below zero tonight. Problem right now is the winds make it feel like 10-15° below

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 01, 2026 08:27 AM (IDEQi)

110 15 degrees F and 7 inches of snow on the back deck here in mid-North Cackalackie.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 01, 2026 08:27 AM (CpcAD)

111 Off to do some chores. Going to see Melania with friendS at the Sunday matinee.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 01, 2026 08:28 AM (u82oZ)

112 I'm beginning to doubt the experts that said snowfall will be a thing of the past...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 01, 2026 08:28 AM (CpcAD)

113 89 For anyone who wonders why Taylor Rehmet won that Texas special election easily, and why no one shows up for special elections like this:

The Texas Legislature is only in session every other year. The Texas Senate will not be in session again until 2027, after this election is done again in a few months. What Taylor won is a nice letterhead he can use on his stationary for a while.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2026 08:00 AM (IUuBi)

Thanks for the context info.

Posted by: m at February 01, 2026 08:28 AM (SSiCQ)

114 Salty I saw the Melania movie Friday night.
I enjoyed it.
While there are many aspects to commend it, the music was actually the best part.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 01, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)

115 Good morning all.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 01, 2026 08:34 AM (kpS4V)

116 Good morning. 15 degrees here in Western NC and windy. The “feels like” temperature in the single digits. Got about 4 inches of snow on top of residual ice. Hopefully it supposed to start to warm up this week.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 01, 2026 08:35 AM (PWBAQ)

117 Justice department released another 3 million documents. The Dems and their sheep will still claim that a Trump smoking gun is being hidden

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 01, 2026 08:36 AM (IDEQi)

118 Speaking of Melania, what's Barron up to these days, now that he's helped his father win re-election?

Posted by: pookysgirl, still groggy at February 01, 2026 08:38 AM (Wt5PA)

119 Good morning all. Just popped on Flightradar with morning coffee and see the #1 tracked is a UAV high over Iran.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at February 01, 2026 08:39 AM (h/O4U)

120 ITS A LONG WAY TO THE SHOPS IF YOU WANT A SAUSAGE ROLL!!!

Posted by: Bob in Houston at February 01, 2026 08:41 AM (VAWSf)

121 Came back to wish everyone a wonderful day.

May you all be cozy and ensconced with friends and family.

You can tell future grandkids about the mastodon hunts you led in the Cold of 2026.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 01, 2026 08:43 AM (u82oZ)

122 Good morning all. Just popped on Flightradar with morning coffee and see the #1 tracked is a UAV high over Iran.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at February 01, 2026 08:39 AM (h/O4U)

As long as it's not Pooky's old plane. I know that no one we know is in the program anymore, but please God, keep them safe!

Posted by: pookysgirl, still patriotic at February 01, 2026 08:43 AM (Wt5PA)

123 Barron maned up to save a young woman from a possibly former boyfriend ( Russian I think) he was arrested for some other crime, but can't say read enough for all the details

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 08:43 AM (Ia/+0)

124 Justice department released another 3 million documents. The Dems and their sheep will still claim that a Trump smoking gun is being hidden.

With the Stupor Blow coming up, how many NFL people are on or in the Epstein files? Seem to recall Epstein was pals with a few of those degenerates.

Posted by: Bill Belichick at February 01, 2026 08:43 AM (R/m4+)

125 I need to talk to the son in law about borrowing his "flamethrower" to melt some snow and ice. Got a small mound at the end of the driveway that makes it difficult to get in and out. It's pretty solid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2026 08:44 AM (jtM2q)

126 Good morning good people. The obligation to attend Mass has been waved for today due to weather.

So, viewing by streaming it is.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 01, 2026 08:46 AM (cYBz/)

127 Tuesday is only day through next weekend to get above freezing, and barely at that

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 08:51 AM (Ia/+0)

128 Flamethrowers don't work as well as one thinks it should IMO

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 08:51 AM (Ia/+0)

129 @124 two NFL owners this far. Tisch and Harris, Giants and Commanders

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 01, 2026 09:01 AM (IDEQi)

130 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

131 What does contempt of Congress even really mean??? Are there even any real consequences???

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 01, 2026 09:02 AM (VCgbV)

132 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Your propane torch at February 01, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

133 lin-duh it meant a jail term for Bannon and Navarro

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2026 09:43 AM (0KSrI)

134 Can't remember the first book I read, probably a "Dick and Jane" from school.

The book that changed my life was "The Two Towers". We were at my grandparents for either Thansgiving or Christmas. I was boored, and had just finished some trade paperback in my uncle's room (he was away in the AF), and was looking for something else to read. Saw Two Towers on his bookshelf and started reading. Granted, I was starting in the middle of the whole tale, but I could literally NOT put it down. Next weekend I bought the whole series and started from the beginning. I think I was 11 or 12 at the time.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at February 01, 2026 01:15 PM (7kJyR)

135 Wrong thread, sorry.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at February 01, 2026 01:16 PM (7kJyR)

136 Nic Update 1

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like Trump Has Invoked The Insurrender Act at February 01, 2026 02:16 PM (aDC+n)

137 Nic Update 2

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like Trump Has Invoked The Insurrender Act at February 01, 2026 10:37 PM (0Eh0f)

Saturday Night Club ONT - January 31, 2026 [Double Vision]

Welcome to Club ONT - Seeing double? D and D? This is a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

The parking lot may still not be fully cleared from last weekend's snow storm, but we are full open for both business and fun! Don't let the lyrics to tonight's mystery click give you any ideas about our guests there on that table. They are friends, not food!

*****

Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

And on the first day of creation, God created the cat.

On the second day, God created man to serve the cat.

On the third day, Gold created tuna, mice and all the animals of the earth to serve as potential food for the cat.

On the fourth day, God created honest toil so that man could labor for the good of the cat.

On the fifth day, Gold created the ball of yarn, the feather thingie on a string, and the catnip mouse so that the cat might or might not be amused.

On the sixth day, God created veterinary science to keep the cat healthy and the man broke.

On the seventh day, God tried to rest but the cat woke him up at 5:00am.

Hat tip: Iris

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Late one afternoon, the Airmen out at Area 51 were very surprised to see a Cessna landing at their "secret" base. They immediately impounded the aircraft and hauled the pilot into an interrogation room.

The pilot's story was that he took off from Vegas, got lost, and spotted the base just as he was about to run out of fuel. The Airmen started a full background check on the pilot and held him overnight during the investigation.

By the next day, they were finally convinced that the pilot really was lost and wasn't a spy. They gassed up his airplane, gave him a terrifying "you-did-not-see-a-base" briefing, complete with threats of spending the rest of his life in prison, told him Vegas was that-a-way on such-and-such a heading, and sent him on his way.

The day after that though, to the total disbelief of the Airmen, the same Cessna showed up again. Once again, the MP's surrounded the plane, only this time there were two people in the plane.

The same pilot jumped out and said, "Do anything you want to me, but my wife is in the plane and you have to tell her where I was last night!"

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Drink of the Night

Tonight we drew the 5 of Spades from our deck of playing card cocktails

Even though the word "conch" rhymes with BONK, we won't do that to you if you mispronounce it!

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Club ONT Wants It That Way

So based! 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/BwM3XjaBDx
— Liberal Tear Creator™ (@LibTearCreator1) January 29, 2026

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Club ONT Department of Fashion

Finally some crocs I could get behind pic.twitter.com/L8JaqnoBI6
— MERICA MEMED (@Mericamemed) January 23, 2026

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"What would Batman do?"

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Club ONT Music

Putting this in the mystery click would have been too easy!

How about a version you've probably never heard?

*****

Someone say "double"??

Some retro commercials for Doublemint Gum!

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

Definitely not a Comment of the Week:

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Club ONT Brought to you by...
Dumb and Dumber spinoffs

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Club ONT is a retard free zone. Please leave your retard at home. Know the difference between a retard and a Moron. Please don't pet or feed the iguanas. The iguanas are sensitive to flash photography. That means do not flash them while taking a selfie. You don't want to know what happens!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:00 PM (cYBz/)

2 Wait! I still have music comments to be willowed.

Posted by: mindful webworker - flashy-thingied at January 31, 2026 10:00 PM (j02Vi)

3 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:01 PM (lUFok)

4 Yay! Double (maybe triple?) DS!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:01 PM (LNeRu)

5 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 10:02 PM (cW1mv)

6 Sorry I'm late, I couldn't find my pet slugs after clearing the ice from my sidewalk.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 31, 2026 10:03 PM (zGyLA)

7 God Bless the ONT.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:04 PM (lpTXP)

8 Oh no...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 31, 2026 10:04 PM (xcxpd)

9 They didn't deserve it, but they surely earned it.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 10:05 PM (rbvCR)

10 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

11 I figured something would happen tonight. And I was right!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026 10:07 PM (uQesX)

12 Points for the Harp Twins. Shooters when they were young. Possibly 'ette material.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2026 10:07 PM (Wnv9h)

13 Ha!

Berry Berry good!!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 10:07 PM (pscAN)

14 Top pic should be an outtake from the classic Werner Herzog film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" which has Nick Cage, Val Kilmer, GatorCam and IguanaCam.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 31, 2026 10:08 PM (u5LSF)

15 A warm toilet seat is not a benefit unless the house is freezing and you live alone. Otherwise, I think someone else has been sitting there and flash on being a kid and going to use the restroom after your grandparents. Ew.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

16 Backstreet Boys Trump. That is a good one. I want it that way. I voted for that. Good and hard.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (lpTXP)

17 LOL. The top comments:

What are your favorite shelling beaches?

Normandy.

That's like who won the first Tour de France?

7th Panzer Division

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (OWbr4)

18 And I refuse to 'NOOD' as the ONT is as close to a set time as we will ever get around here. So there!

The roads around here have reached about a '9' on the shittyness scale. Not much snow but just a solid sheet of ice.

Not at bad as Kitty Hawk though from what I hear.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (cYBz/)

19 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Laugh if you must, but this gadget is a godsend to people with disabilities that prevent getting their hand around to their ass.

And to anyone else in olfactory distance.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (36QIT)

20 Hi! Update: I am still really cold.

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (pZEOD)

21 Hey, I made it to the bottom of the list! Well, sort of.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (xfRZZ)

22 Points for the Harp Twins. Shooters when they were young. Possibly 'ette material.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

They are known for just stringing guys along.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (cYBz/)

23 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yay! Electricity around water!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (OWbr4)

24 Also, who hung all the stars on the ceiling?

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (pZEOD)

25 Also, there's a 'pluck' joke in there somewhere too.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (cYBz/)

26 Hi! Update: I am still really cold.

Have you tried setting things on fire?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (lUFok)

27 That first joke is spot on, except for the bit about the seventh day when the cat woke God up at 5am.

Not 5am. 4am.

Trust me on this.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (q3u5l)

28 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

29 Bartender: you want ice in that drink?

Me: nah.... it's pretti good as is.

I'll not denounce myself, or the bartender.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (jtM2q)

30 The leftards spent three decades smashing glitter-cream pies in people's faces and ho-ho-ho!

And then HOmar gets spritzed like a bad kitty cat and now they wanna fly fuel-laden jets into something something.

Posted by: 13times at January 31, 2026 10:13 PM (0Y1nt)

31 That's like who won the first Tour de France?

7th Panzer Division
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (OWbr4)

Hah! (Auf Deutsch)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

32 26 Hi! Update: I am still really cold.

Have you tried setting things on fire?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31

I think everyone frowns on that around here.

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (pZEOD)

33 Also, who hung all the stars on the ceiling?
Posted by: Piper

I seem to remember it was Pythagoras in the 6th century or so.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)

34 26 Hi! Update: I am still really cold.

Have you tried setting things on fire?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (lUFok)

Build a man a fire, you warm him for a day.

Set a man on fire and you warm him for the rest of his life.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (zGyLA)

35
Thursday, tea at three offers no resolution.
You know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (cW1mv)

36 I think everyone frowns on that around here.

Party poopers.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (lUFok)

37 Yeah, snow removal here in lexington has gotten a lot crappie the past couple years. It took 6 days to get to 'pretty good' here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

38 Crappier even.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

39 The top click is fun and awesome. Now I want a burrito.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (lpTXP)

40 Pretty good bingo card 2026.

Maybe it's pronounced Eyetalian and fancy, but it's pretty good.

That last meme, wowzers! Whoa, they were not pretty good looking people, were they?

https://tinyurl.com/2zm9rs6z

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (WONhk)

41 The Harp Twins, Paint It Black.

https://is.gd/SatdZ7

I'm pretty sure this is white supremacist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (J+Psw)

42 Imagine a Pied Piper of Ice. He's in 14th or 15th century forest garb, playing a flute or recorder. As he walks and plays, illegal immigrants are entranced and follow behind him.

What song is he playing?

(Yes, it's a partial repeat from late in yesterday's ONT. I want to see what others might come up with. Does Doof pick a song from Rush? MisHum a Zappa track?)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)

43 Good evening Horde. Thanks for being here. Enjoy your time in Club ONT!

Posted by: TRex - DJ Dino at January 31, 2026 10:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

44 Jay and the Americans, Come a little bit closer...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

45 Brave asian lady stands up to batshit crazy protesters in LA live.
https://kick.com/lordhito

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at January 31, 2026 10:18 PM (9aVck)

46 42 Imagine a Pied Piper of Ice. He's in 14th or 15th century forest garb, playing a flute or recorder. As he walks and plays, illegal immigrants are entranced and follow behind him.

What song is he playing?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)

U2/ I Will Follow

Posted by: tankdemon at January 31, 2026 10:19 PM (zGyLA)

47 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 31, 2026 10:19 PM (AdHga)

48 Hey, I made the top ten comments (indirectly!)

Posted by: Joemarine at January 31, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

49 Thanks for another outstanding Saturday Night ONT, Double Vision!

That retard movie poster is hilarious! I read where Pretti's sister claiims the Boy Wonder was violent. Maybe that's why he lost his nursing job? Idiot.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 31, 2026 10:20 PM (kB9dk)

50 Hey, I made it to the bottom of the list! Well, sort of.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (xfRZZ)

====
Been there bro. Just bask in the reflected glory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

51 There was a near riot here at a local McDonalds when a beat up Honda with bald tires clogged the drive thru lane due to snow and ice.

Cops had to be called.

Much bitching and yelling. Turned into a real shitshow.

All over some McNuggets and a Coke. Or something.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 10:21 PM (jtM2q)

52 Hey, I made the top ten comments (indirectly!)
Posted by: Joemarine at January 31, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

It helps to be the Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

Posted by: Ike at January 31, 2026 10:21 PM (uQesX)

53 RI Red's is not so much a witty comment as a simple statement of truth.

All men have Clint Eastwood from Unforgiven in their pants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

54 Have you tried setting things on fire?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (lUFok)

I suppose Burning Man could be rather enticing about now - without the psychedelics.....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:22 PM (LNeRu)

55 What song is he playing?

(Yes, it's a partial repeat from late in yesterday's ONT. I want to see what others might come up with. Does Doof pick a song from Rush? MisHum a Zappa track?)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)

Despacito

As played by the Colombian army

youtu.be/T_iWFf1CdN8

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 10:22 PM (rbvCR)

56 His own sister threw him under the bus. He was a jack wagon likely.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

57 The Deguayo(sp?) Cutthroat song from the Siege of the Alamo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)

58 https://youtu.be/i2A5fdgMCa8?si=FQPX-
oA3JVkLt0o4

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)

59 The version from Rio Bravo is not quite as fancy. Better imo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)

60 Hey, I made it to the bottom of the list! Well, sort of.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (xfRZZ)
=====

Flouty. Not flouncy.

As in flouting convention. Daring.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

61 Thanks for the ONT, D's.

Posted by: scampydog at January 31, 2026 10:26 PM (41CYW)

62 I remember years ago, by mostly a mistake, I got 1st in comments.
You surely wouldn't want to see me now...
Barkeep! Another please. 😛
*practically tips over stool*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:27 PM (LNeRu)

63
Can't believe the number of videos I see of people who are astonished that snow needs shoveling and that that plowing the streets might cause them problems. Like, is this your first time?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 10:27 PM (tgvbd)

64 61 Thanks for the ONT, D's.

Posted by: scampydog at January 31, 2026 10:26 PM
***
Doggo!

Posted by: TRex -nostalgic dino at January 31, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

65 Tonight we drew the 5 of Spades from our deck of playing card cocktails

Christ that's lazy. Look, I made a drink; booze + juice!! I is a regular Issak an' sheeet.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 31, 2026 10:28 PM (diia5)

66 It's 25F in New Orleans currently. There goes another orange tree.

Posted by: javems at January 31, 2026 10:28 PM (vHpfQ)

67 Got all the way up to 18 degrees today.

Forecast is for sub freezing temps for the next two weeks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 31, 2026 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)

68 They can't push a Honda out of the way? Damn.
But I do get mad at some people that take all day to make an order.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 10:29 PM (E7+ue)

69 The Incredible Story of Two Retards needs another line -

- Produced by Retard Soros
- Directed by Retard Wahl

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)

70 Pied piper song?

Skating away

J Tull

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 10:31 PM (pscAN)

71 Double D's, thanks for the ONT!

Like the Harp Twins (not for the same reason as Morons). I want to learn the Celtic lap harp. An idea of mine a few years ago and now again. I can play the piano. I should ask for one soon.

We had a real harp at our garden wedding because no piano could get down there. Rules of the botanical garden or something. I had my doubts but it was lovely and special, as was the entire day in 1979. We are ancient!

Extra points for Foreigner! Lou Gramm PLUS a saxophone! You could not go wrong!

Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow!

Still praying for snow and rain til Memorial Day! You lucky dogs that have it and don't want it tick me off!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 10:32 PM (WONhk)

72 Deguello. I can't imagine how it would have sounded to the defenders of rhe Alamo. ZZ Top had a less terrifying version.

https://tinyurl.com/yec6jzxa

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:32 PM (lpTXP)

73 63 Hadrian

Ha🤪....yep...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:32 PM (LNeRu)

74
High of 55 tomorrow here in Wyoming.

Grilling weather.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (3ek7K)

75 They didn't deserve it, but they surely earned it.
Posted by: Kindltot

Similar to a line I often use
They may not have deserved but they did earn it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)

76 37 Yeah, snow removal here in lexington has gotten a lot crappie the past couple years. It took 6 days to get to 'pretty good' here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

Got to call my Brother in Mt. Sterling tomorrow to see how he's doing

Posted by: javems at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (vHpfQ)

77 Still praying for snow and rain til Memorial Day! You lucky dogs that have it and don't want it tick me off!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 10:32 PM (WONhk)

Local master gardener told me I could start planting in about two weeks.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (uQesX)

78 Doggo!
Posted by: TRex -nostalgic dino
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Dino!
Saw a hikarios drink menu at a dive bar the other day and thought of you and Disco. 3 ring binder, typed, in clear paper sleeves. Gotta love America!

Posted by: scampydog at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (41CYW)

79 America's favorite double!

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:37 PM (DIAAz)

80 78 Saw a hikarios drink menu at a dive bar the other day

3 ring binder, typed, in clear paper sleeves. Gotta love America!

Posted by: scampydog at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM
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Wow! You mean someplace other than Club ONT organizes its drink menu with three ring binders too?! Whadda country!

Posted by: TRex - office depot dino at January 31, 2026 10:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

81 Can a LEGO Car Survive a Loop?

I saw 11+ minutes and thought, naw.

Watched the whole thing. Hilarious. Successes were satisfying. Failures were most entertaining.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the things we do for clicks at January 31, 2026 10:40 PM (j02Vi)

82 Ohhh! Doggo❣❣❣
Miss your triple D! Good dog anyways!🐶

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:42 PM (LNeRu)

83 60 was a copy/paste error

*dons dunce cap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

84 Supposed to be 54 here Tuesday! Break out the shorts and t-shirts!

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 10:43 PM (E7+ue)

85 Happy Saturday night silly persons!

Ii got to spend time with both of my boys today. One in person, one on the phone.

I am so blessed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2026 10:43 PM (IhIKR)

86 7 days in Twitter jail for "stop fighting police or die"

So I'm making 3 new accounts to blast that at 11

The Nigel Maneuver: These 3 go to 11

Posted by: Fen at January 31, 2026 10:46 PM (ciYHQ)

87 I got lots of snow pics from my peeps in South Carolina. It was a big, fluffy snow. Young'uns were sledding and having fun. So not so bad for them. Better than freezing rain.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:46 PM (lpTXP)

88 > 7 days in Twitter jail for "stop fighting police or die"
----

I was released from Twitter jail earlier this evening
I tweeted that protesters at football games should get a beatdown

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 10:49 PM (ZxPkt)

89 Doublemint: the mating rituals of the past were a different country.

Posted by: mindful webworker - It's a gum thread? at January 31, 2026 10:49 PM (j02Vi)

90 Iguanas in bars are cool

But they need Sparklies and Day-Glo

The kids love it

Posted by: Crazy Miklos' Tzampotli Family Fun Park and Vacation Destination at January 31, 2026 10:49 PM (AP7fj)

91 *bangs empty mug on bar*
Is there no bartender tonight?! JQ?!

OK. I'll help myself...
*falls over bar, spills beer*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:50 PM (LNeRu)

92 The HarpTwins put on an incredible concert. They come to our area once a year. Stunning music, entertaining, and extremely funny. Nice to talk with. Been a fan for a long time.

Posted by: French Jeton at January 31, 2026 10:50 PM (j0T5y)

93 We got a couple of inches of the white shit here in the midlands. And it's still coming down.

So pretty. So cold.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 10:50 PM (qFwJc)

94 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:51 PM (OWbr4)

95 It's 34 here in Brevard and I just brought in and opened a Dogs Head from outside.

It is very cold.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (uvB+6)

96 Iguanas in bars are cool

I wish I was in Tijuana…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (EXyHK)

97 Cold snap of sorts. Today was 83, tomorrow only 77. Swim workout still planned.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (U/Byj)

98 Yo la! Calm night here on the balmy high chaparral.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (Rmwng)

99 >Can a LEGO Car Survive a Loop?
----

speaking of car racing-
Trump wants a DC Grand Prix, to celebrate the 250 years thing

I sure hope the route goes up in the hood in Northeast DC

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (ZxPkt)

100 It's 34 here in Brevard and I just brought in and opened a Dogs Head from outside.

It is very cold.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (uvB+6)

Are you in Florida? I ha ve family in Brevard County. They are hating life right now.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:54 PM (lpTXP)

101 My little short legged doggie saw and experienced 4 inches of snow for the first time today.

"Wait there was grass right here...there is always grass right here...this is cold and wet, me no likee"

Posted by: Miss Dixie did her business at NASCAR pit stop speed at January 31, 2026 10:54 PM (AP7fj)

102 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:51 PM (OWbr4)
===

Market pricing in additional rate cuts this year due to Kevin Warsh being nominated as Fed Chair.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

103

On Feb. 3, more than 500,000 Haitians nationwide are expected to lose temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from dangerous countries to stay in the United States. Springfield is home to an estimated 15,000 Haitians − about one-fourth of its population − and another 30,000 live in central Ohio.

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (DIAAz)

104
Good evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (LeyXC)

105 Trump wants a DC Grand Prix, to celebrate the 250 years thing

We have an amazing President.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (EXyHK)

106 I'm pretty sure "Double your pleasure, double your fun" is in the Epstein files somewhere

Posted by: Miklos with Educated Guess at January 31, 2026 10:56 PM (AP7fj)

107 My little brother used to run around naked wearing only sandals and a red
Superman cape.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ratting out your little brother. You are the most big sister ever.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 31, 2026 10:56 PM (Rmwng)

108 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.

I misread that as "A toilet seat with an integrated biden feature" and was really confused.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 10:56 PM (xComp)

109 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.

Coordinated attack. Check the price on the Shanghai exchange.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:56 PM (lUFok)

110 On Feb. 3, more than 500,000 Haitians nationwide are expected to lose temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from dangerous countries to stay in the United States. Springfield is home to an estimated 15,000 Haitians − about one-fourth of its population − and another 30,000 live in central Ohio.

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (DIAAz)

Who will eat the cats?
Eat the dogs?
Eat the pets of the people who live there?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (lpTXP)

111 Revard, namely Melbourne but I haver lived all over it in my time. The place never really gets this cold.

I always set out a jar of water to see if it turns to ice just for SNG.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (uvB+6)

112 Trump wants a DC Grand Prix, to celebrate the 250 years thing

We have an amazing President.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

NASCAR

cause "Murican

Posted by: Miklos kindly corrects at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

113 It's 34 here in Brevard and I just brought in and opened a Dogs Head from outside.

It is very cold.
Posted by: pawn
------

Yeah, I knew it wasn't Brevard, NC. Currently 7 deg. here, up from 6.2.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 10:58 PM (XeU6L)

114 Old college buddy joined me and Boy F. for a walk up Lone Mountain this afternoon. He used to stash his weed under a rock in the forest a mile away from his house. but He's been sober now over 25 years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

115 Quality Learing Center parody from X:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4fjxwf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 10:59 PM (KxQqp)

116 It's 34 here in Brevard and I just brought in and opened a Dogs Head from outside.

It is very cold.
Posted by: pawn

32 in this Brevard.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

117
On Feb. 3, more than 500,000 Haitians nationwide are expected to lose temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from dangerous countries to stay in the United States. Springfield is home to an estimated 15,000 Haitians − about one-fourth of its population − and another 30,000 live in central Ohio.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton

=============

Here we go...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (LeyXC)

118 NASCAR

cause "Murican
Posted by: Miklos kindly corrects at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

CrashCAR. 'Cause real 'Murican.

If it ain't broke, we'll take care of that.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (gKDq2)

119 Revard, namely Melbourne but I haver lived all over it in my time. The place never really gets this cold.

I always set out a jar of water to see if it turns to ice just for SNG.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (uvB+6)

My family is on Merritt Island Hope you all stay warm..This cold isn't normal for you all.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (lpTXP)

120 "My idea of a good night out is staying in.” — Martin Freeman

Stay safe and warm good Horde. Me and girldog will now commence to snuggle💤💤💤

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (LNeRu)

121 I finally saw a real picture of Renee Good yesterday, not the ridiculous fuzzy Polaroid from 20 years ago.
Yeah, she did it, and yeah, you can judge a crazy book by its crazy cover.

Posted by: Wally at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (0e5Te)

122 Oh great. I spend precious minutes on a serious analogy about how bad the SLS / Artemis / Orion system is, and what do I get credit for? gay porn

Posted by: gKWVE at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE)

123 A concept

NASCAR Waffle House

No drive thru, drive in

I mean IN

Posted by: Miklos gonna be RICH at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (AP7fj)

124 Trump wants a DC Grand Prix, to celebrate the 250 years thing
I sure hope the route goes up in the hood in Northeast DC
Posted by: Don Black
----
Good.
Maybe they can screw up DC as bad as they do LV.
I can hope.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (36QIT)

125 Are you in Florida? I ha ve family in Brevard County. They are hating life right now.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

People got many trees all snug in blankees.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)

126 Mike are you in Brevard, NC? I love that place.

Glad I'm not there now though. My house was built in the 50s and doesn't have any heat other than the stove.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (uvB+6)

127 Oh great. I spend precious minutes on a serious analogy about how bad the SLS / Artemis / Orion system is, and what do I get credit for? gay porn
Posted by: gKWVE

Hopefully not a "reap what you sow" situation.

Posted by: Miklos defers judgement at January 31, 2026 11:02 PM (AP7fj)

128 On Feb. 3, more than 500,000 Haitians nationwide are expected to lose temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from dangerous countries to stay in the United States. Springfield is home to an estimated 15,000 Haitians − about one-fourth of its population − and another 30,000 live in central Ohio.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (DIAAz)

Not that things aren't now, but after Feb. 3rd, things should get real interesting.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:02 PM (gKDq2)

129 94 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.
Posted by: rickb223
---

Copper's up.
_your local PD

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:03 PM (cW1mv)

130 Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (DIAAz)

Not that things aren't now, but after Feb. 3rd, things should get real interesting.
Posted by: RickZ
--

Ohio dogs and cats will be safe again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:04 PM (cW1mv)

131 Mike are you in Brevard, NC? I love that place.

Glad I'm not there now though. My house was built in the 50s and doesn't have any heat other than the stove.
Posted by: pawn
-----

Just up the road, Asheville.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 11:05 PM (XeU6L)

132 Gold dropped $484.00 an ounce. Dang.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:06 PM (OWbr4)

133 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.
Posted by: rickb223

Pump and Dump

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)

134 I am refining the NASCAR Waffle House concept

You do drive both in and out

Within 13.3 seconds change tires, change oil, gas up, and a double hash browns, smothered and covered (for safety reasons)

Posted by: Miklos needs investors at January 31, 2026 11:07 PM (AP7fj)

135 Go Wild

Beat the Oilers like a ... steel drum!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 11:08 PM (pscAN)

136
35°F

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:08 PM (cW1mv)

137 NASCAR

cause "Murican
Posted by: Miklos kindly corrects at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

CrashCAR. 'Cause real 'Murican.

If it ain't broke, we'll take care of that.
Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (gKDq2)

NHRA, up to top fuel.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 11:08 PM (S/Y4j)

138 Completed a draft run of my fed taxes tonight - getting a small refund this year. Finally got it dialed in where I'm not loaning the feds bunches of $$.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 11:09 PM (cYBz/)

139 Just up the road, Asheville.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

We used to go there in the Fall to see all the colors on the trees.

Now you can see all the colors of the hair anytime.

Posted by: Miklos from Conestee Falls at January 31, 2026 11:10 PM (AP7fj)

140 NHRA, up to top fuel.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
-------
1600 hp Pennsylvania Ave

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 11:11 PM (XeU6L)

141 Piano cover of Exciter (Judas Priest)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENsclYynk3o

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 31, 2026 11:11 PM (KAi1n)

142 37 degrees and dropping in the citrus groves

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 11:12 PM (pscAN)

143 CrashCAR. 'Cause real 'Murican.

If it ain't broke, we'll take care of that.
Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (gKDq2)

NHRA, up to top fuel.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

MONSTER TRUCK RALLY AND DEMOLITION DERBY

Posted by: Miklos would pay for this at January 31, 2026 11:12 PM (AP7fj)

144 Been looking for a tax program they don't run online.
Not sure there is one.
It's coming that people have no concept of personal property.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:12 PM (cW1mv)

145 "Go Wild"

I was glad to see that, while the T-Wolves canceled a game and did the usual Trump blasting, the Wild played as scheduled and only issued a harmless "Hope nobody else dies" statement.

Posted by: Wally at January 31, 2026 11:12 PM (0e5Te)

146 Epstein files. DOJ discussed plea deal with Epstein just before he "hanged himself." DOJ wanted names of clients he procured young girls for like the girl in the hot tub with Bill Clinton. Epstein said he could name 29 mostly democrat men and foreign nationals.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 31, 2026 11:13 PM (pwJhL)

147 142 37 degrees and dropping in the citrus groves
Posted by: Zeera.
--

Put out the smudge pots and light 'em.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:14 PM (cW1mv)

148 Put out the smudge pots and light 'em.

Posted by: Braenyard

"Smudge Pot"

I call Darleen that sometimes

Posted by: Miklos stays warm regardless at January 31, 2026 11:16 PM (AP7fj)

149 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:51 PM (OWbr4)

The explanation I heard was that the London Bullion Market Association and the Chinese were hit by demands for physical delivery to cover their futures, and they didn't have the metal on hand, causing them to scramble. JPMorgan is rumored to have the largest supply of Silver on hand and when asked, said they didn't really want to sell any Silver today, but they would see who would. China has been buying anything they could get, which punched the value sky-high, and this triggered the speculators who also bought, to the point that the refiners are now backlogged on lower purity silver alloys, the smelters are backlogged, and apparently everyone has all they can absorb for a while.

The world is interesting today.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:17 PM (rbvCR)

150 141 Piano cover of Exciter (Judas Priest)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENsclYynk3o
Posted by: Dark Litigator
---

Sounds like a movie background to a 1920s train robbery.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:17 PM (cW1mv)

151 53yrs ago, Morons and 'ettes...

Over the hills and far away, and apparently pretty wasted but great:

https://tinyurl.com/3eke8msx

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 11:17 PM (WONhk)

152 Wow, if I'd known all I had to do was this lame comment
How does one go about getting a comment of the week?
I would have done it long ago.
😲
Kidding. Fame is not all it's cracked up to be.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Rather be First than CotW at January 31, 2026 11:19 PM (j02Vi)

153 The elderly lefties can have a gas-powered mobility scooter competition.

*we added nitrous packs, see if they notice*

Posted by: Big Daddy Don "Miklos" Garlits at January 31, 2026 11:19 PM (AP7fj)

154 Kidding. Fame is not all it's cracked up to be.
Posted by: mindful webworker

yep

Posted by: Ozymandias at January 31, 2026 11:21 PM (AP7fj)

155 i think the problem is that epstein's "democrat" clients were predominantly the sane ones.
i could live under clinton and summers (we did live under clinton and summers) and gates.
mamdani? walz? they didn't go to the island

Posted by: gKWVE at January 31, 2026 11:22 PM (gKWVE)

156 Been looking for a tax program they don't run online. Not sure there is one.

What do you mean by “not online”? I use HR Block and it appears to not require internet to use. Of course, updates require a connection to download. At a certain point they probably aren’t necessary but I don’t know when that is. And it still provides the option of printing out tax forms and mailing them in.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2026 11:22 PM (EXyHK)

157 Crap. I'm hungry. I wonder if I should make some cheddar and cream cheese stuffed jalapeños wrapped in bacon? 🥓

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:23 PM (OWbr4)

158 Evening, folken,

We had a nice taco dinner of mostly lean meat, sizzled in olive oil and seasoned with chili powder, pepper, and paprika; toasted corn taco shells; bean-bearing chili with corn mixed in; and a little salsa and shredded cheese. Two tacos each. Nice stuff.

(I plan to use up one shell tomorrow with scrambled eggs & cheese.)

Then I dozed off during an episode of Deep Space Nine. No Saturday evening is complete without that.

It's 30 F. now, wind chill of 18, dropping to about 26 by dawn. Not as cold as they were predicting, but I'm still going to trickle water from a couple of taps.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)

159 Been looking for a tax program they don't run online.
Not sure there is one.
It's coming that people have no concept of personal property.

Posted by: Braenyard
-------
FWIW , H&R Block is downloaded, then unlocked.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 11:24 PM (XeU6L)

160 Clinton was the crack in the dam.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:25 PM (cW1mv)

161 China has been buying anything they could get, which punched the value sky-high, and this triggered the speculators who also bought, to the point that the refiners are now backlogged on lower purity silver alloys, the smelters are backlogged, and apparently everyone has all they can absorb for a while.

The world is interesting today.
Posted by: Kindltot

Crap. Guess I'm not buying any more for awhile.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:25 PM (OWbr4)

162 i guess that's why clinton kept cigars

Posted by: gKWVE at January 31, 2026 11:26 PM (gKWVE)

163 Clinton was the crack in the dam.
Posted by: Braenyard

If there was a crack in something, Clinton probably stuck a cigar in it.

The surprising thing about the Epstein files is that he's not on every ledger.

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

164 Rickb223-- that's what I'm taking a break from right now! LOL, I need a relief mat in the kitchen... starting to get sore, standing there, stuffing the poppers.

After resting, will finish stuffing them. Then sit a while, then do the bacon-wrapping, & pack a bunch into freezer containers, cook maybe a dozen.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)

165

Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Friday on Newsmax that the Don Lemon criminal case is unlikely to result in a conviction.

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 11:30 PM (DIAAz)

166 USS Missouri fires a full broadside

https://tinyurl.com/26t57t37

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 11:30 PM (ZxPkt)

167 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtpSl1dm_fw

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 11:31 PM (jrgJz)

168 "Mamdani? Walz? They didn't go to the island."

I don't think it was really Walz thing, IYKWIMAITYD.
That's why he coached football. No expensive travel and it was expected that he'd be in the locker room.

Posted by: Wally at January 31, 2026 11:31 PM (0e5Te)

169 Whoops.

In an unexpected turn of events, the name "Al Gore" has appeared in the latest Epstein file dump 794 times, second only to Bill Clinton.

"It makes sense that they engaged in perversion together."

Congressional Democrats are burying their heads in the sand. Republicans want answers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:32 PM (OWbr4)

170 It's 30 F. now, wind chill of 18, dropping to about 26 by dawn. Not as cold as they were predicting, but I'm still going to trickle water from a couple of taps.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I remember being woken up at about 3-4 in the morning by odd noises in Uptown NOLA. I think it was 82, first snow in Nawlins in 50 years.

Girlfriend said go back to sleep-it's the kids outside who have never seen snow-they're FROLICKING!

Posted by: Miklos prefers palm trees and etc at January 31, 2026 11:32 PM (AP7fj)

171 Girlfriend said go back to sleep-it's the kids outside who have never seen snow-they're FROLICKING!

Posted by: Miklos prefers palm trees

You know what FROLICKING! can lead to?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

172 Rickb223-- that's what I'm taking a break from right now! LOL, I need a relief mat in the kitchen... starting to get sore, standing there, stuffing the poppers.

After resting, will finish stuffing them. Then sit a while, then do the bacon-wrapping, & pack a bunch into freezer containers, cook maybe a dozen.
Posted by: JQ

I need more center cut bacon. I forgot to get more when I was in town today. 😡

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (OWbr4)

173 37 degrees and dropping in the citrus groves
Posted by: Zeera.
+++
Gonna freeze a lot of pipes and break a lot of records in the sunshine state tonight.
I liked the old records just fine.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (Lo97M)

174 Fro licking

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (DIAAz)

175 "And on the seventh day, God tried to rest but the cat woke him up at 5:00 am."

God's lucky. Mine goes springing happily across me at 3:30.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (wzUl9)

176 USS Missouri fires a full broadside

https://tinyurl.com/26t57t37
Posted by: Don Black

Tell me that just happened, and the target was DC

Posted by: Miklos wants an unconditional surrender from the Bolshies on the back of that boat at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (AP7fj)

177 stuffing the poppers.

So

That's what the kids call it these days

Posted by: Miklos listens and lears at January 31, 2026 11:36 PM (AP7fj)

178 I've seen hippies frolicking in Golden Gate Park. Not pretty.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)

179 Fro licking
Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (DIAAz)

Bro licking.

Wait, what? Sounds like a Diddy party.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:36 PM (gKDq2)

180 I remember being woken up at about 3-4 in the morning by odd noises in Uptown NOLA. I think it was 82, first snow in Nawlins in 50 years.

Girlfriend said go back to sleep-it's the kids outside who have never seen snow-they're FROLICKING!

Posted by: Miklos prefers palm trees and etc at January 31, 2026

***
There were some flakes visible in January of '85, at least out in Jeff Parish where I lived. I don't recall any news of snow in '82. But I didn't visit Uptown much then.

The Big Snow was the one just before Xmas in '89. Stuff stayed on the ground for three days, because temps never rose above freezing.

And then the Bigger Snow was last January.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:37 PM (wzUl9)

181 It's 25F in New Orleans currently. There goes another orange tree.
Posted by: javems at January 31, 2026 10:28 PM (vHpfQ)

Chatted with a friend from Alberta this evening. Temperature in Calgary hit 11C today. That is about 50 F. Snow is all gone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)

182 Sounds like a movie background to a 1920s train robbery.
Posted by: Braenyard

It does!

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 31, 2026 11:37 PM (KAi1n)

183 In an unexpected turn of events, the name "Al Gore" has appeared in the latest Epstein file dump 794 times, second only to Bill Clinton.

Gore "releasing his third chakra" with that masseuse used to be a running gag. Of course he's a pervert.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 11:38 PM (v8+Kf)

184 5 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.
Posted by: Braenyard

Just at a fancy pants hotel / casino place with that kind of public restroom

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 31, 2026 11:38 PM (uHEbo)

185
Remarkably, very few traditional Blues songs reference pipes freezing

Posted by: Blind Muddy Jefferson-Waters at January 31, 2026 11:39 PM (AP7fj)

186 Thanks

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:39 PM (cW1mv)

187 You can actually easily see the off-set timing in that broadside. Three barrels in each turret fire at a slightly different time, to avoid "fratricidal" effects of one on the other as they exit the muzzle.

A beautiful sight never to be seen again. Sad!

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 11:39 PM (U/Byj)

188 And Da Swamp had snow on New Year's Eve of '63, extending into New Year's Day of '64. That was the first time I ever saw and handled snow. Darn near froze my little paws trying to make snowballs to hurl at my brother.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:40 PM (wzUl9)

189 Just at a fancy pants hotel / casino place with that kind of public restroom
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

It got my meat
Got my meat

Jumped up off the bidet seat

Posted by: Modififed lyrics for the fancy pants crowd at January 31, 2026 11:40 PM (AP7fj)

190 Goaltender change at 5-2

Ha!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 11:41 PM (pscAN)

191 Darn near froze my little paws trying to make snowballs to hurl at my brother.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

It's the thought that counts.

Posted by: Miklos ax how you makin' at January 31, 2026 11:42 PM (AP7fj)

192 Time I headed off to the blankets, all. Stay warm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:42 PM (wzUl9)

193 Crap. Guess I'm not buying any more for awhile.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:25 PM (OWbr4)

I think it will hit $150-200 in the next couple of years. There are some new silver applications for Li batteries to make them safer and that means there will be growth in demand.
It might be time to do some counter-trend buying if you have some extra coin. There is that whole thing that the new Fed President has the odd idea that the cause of inflation is money printing so we might see some actual fall-off on inflation, but the Euro and Pound are still directed by Keynesians

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)

194 Just at a fancy pants hotel / casino place with that kind of public restroom
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
---

Hey, been missing you and your deport support.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:45 PM (cW1mv)

195 And then the Bigger Snow was last January.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Where is all that Global Warmening I was promised?

Gumbo needs some HEAT

Posted by: Miklos stirs the pot at January 31, 2026 11:45 PM (AP7fj)

196 Girlfriend said go back to sleep-it's the kids outside who have never seen snow-they're FROLICKING!

Posted by: Miklos prefers palm trees

You know what FROLICKING! can lead to?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

Children who like the snow!

Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 31, 2026 11:47 PM (NZPfR)

197 Gore "releasing his third chakra" with that masseuse used to be a running gag. Of course he's a pervert.
Posted by: Ian S.

splchk

Posted by: it's "prevert" according to Slim Pickens, and that's good enough for me at January 31, 2026 11:48 PM (AP7fj)

198 Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Friday on Newsmax that the Don Lemon criminal case is unlikely to result in a conviction.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 11:30 PM (DIAAz)

Yeah, well J6 showed that they are really unwilling to convict a CHS

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:48 PM (rbvCR)

199 CGI went from cheesy but cool, to way more realistic and cool, to instantly recognizable and cheesy over about 10 years. AI slop ran that whole course in about 10 months.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2026 11:50 PM (BI5O2)

200 187 You can actually easily see the off-set timing in that broadside. Three barrels in each turret fire at a slightly different time, to avoid "fratricidal" effects of one on the other as they exit the muzzle.

A beautiful sight never to be seen again. Sad!
Posted by: rhomboid
---

1, 3, 2 - keeps the over blast from interfering with the shell trajectory.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:50 PM (cW1mv)

201 I think it will hit $150-200 in the next couple of years. There are some new silver applications for Li batteries to make them safer and that means there will be growth in demand.
It might be time to do some counter-trend buying if you have some extra coin. There is that whole thing that the new Fed President has the odd idea that the cause of inflation is money printing so we might see some actual fall-off on inflation, but the Euro and Pound are still directed by Keynesians
Posted by: Kindltot

APMEX is wanting $103.00 per silver round. Ouch.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:50 PM (OWbr4)

202 No comment of the week.

*kicks dirt*

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 11:51 PM (2WIwB)

203
Got some exercise running up some steps today, then had a long drive up the I-5. It was too hot to wear my leggings on a long, sunny drive, so I changed into some baggy cotton pants before I left.

There's my weather report for the day.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 11:52 PM (LeyXC)

204 the new Fed President has the odd idea that the cause of inflation is money printing
Posted by: Kindltot

Now that....that's Crazy talk

Posted by: Miklos of the Austrian Old Skool at January 31, 2026 11:53 PM (AP7fj)

205 I fed the dogs and let them out. They got their business done and are back inside. Now they are piled up for the night ready for bed. They know the routine. 26 degrees and the wind is still blowing with gusts around 18 mph. Supposed to get warmer this week. High 40's and 50's.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 11:54 PM (E7+ue)

206 Blonde M. you in SoCal?

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 11:54 PM (U/Byj)

207 No comment of the week.

*kicks dirt*
Posted by: Diogenes

The great advantage of being able or inclined to kick dirt, is that you are on the right side of it

Posted by: Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at January 31, 2026 11:55 PM (AP7fj)

208 Remarkably, very few traditional Blues songs reference pipes freezing
Posted by: Blind Muddy Jefferson-Waters at January 31, 2026 11:39 PM (AP7fj)

Well, at nine below zero, pipes freeze, even if Sonny Boy failed to mention it:

https://youtu.be/JO88meallgA

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

209 They didn't deserve it, but they surely earned it.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 10:05 PM (rbvCR)

...and I laughed way too hard at it..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 11:57 PM (nbLIj)

210
Blonde M. you in SoCal?
Posted by: rhomboid

===============

Yes indeedy. Although at the exact moment I'm on the Central Coast because I had to drive up today.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 11:58 PM (LeyXC)

211 I went to the liquor store today. Wanted to buy a bottle of Bailey's. I only saw a cheap knock-off so I asked the kid working if they had any Bailey's. He said no.

So I picked up a bottle of port and when I went to pay, there was an older gentleman. I mentioned it was a shame he didn't have Bailey's. He said, 'We have the little bottles'. I said, crudulously, 'The airplane bottles?' 'Yes.' 'A lot?' Then I walked around the cash register and saw about 50 of them. Bought 8.

Little airplane bottles do the trick.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:58 PM (gKDq2)

212 Butter is down to $8.94/4lbs from a high around $14.00 awhile back.

$11.47 on 11/22/25

$14.22 on 12/14/24

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:58 PM (OWbr4)

213 I think 150-200 for silver is possible after the next couple spikes. Maybe 7-10 years. In the near term I think 60s-70s is probably where it hangs out until the next spike.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2026 11:59 PM (BI5O2)

214 Hey, been missing you and your deport support.

Posted by: Braenyard

Gallivanting around
We fly back tomorrow

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2026 12:00 AM (uHEbo)

215 I went to the liquor store today. Wanted to buy a bottle of Bailey's. I only saw a cheap knock-off so I asked the kid working if they had any Bailey's. He said no.

Posted by: RickZ

Carolans. Just as good and cheaper.
Carolans Irish Cream is a liqueur made from a mixture of cream, Irish spirits, Irish whiskey and honey.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:01 AM (OWbr4)

216 I think 150-200 for silver is possible after the next couple spikes. Maybe 7-10 years. In the near term I think 60s-70s is probably where it hangs out until the next spike.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2026 11:59 PM (BI5O2)

Hi-ho Pewter!

Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger at February 01, 2026 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

217 IMHO, the sell-off of gold and silver is just end of the month, end of the week profit-taking.

The fundamental shortage of silver is real.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 12:02 AM (qFwJc)

218 So the hotel we snooped at to see how the rich travel has security guards with bomb sniffing dogs snd under-car mirrors screening every car.

Don't know if that makes me feel more or less safe

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2026 12:03 AM (uHEbo)

219 My pipe done froze baby
Somethin' I don't lie about

I make you wiggle
I make you shout

You loves to holler
And move it all about

We do it one time
We go for a dozen

But tonite honey
This man's pipe is frozen

Posted by: Blind Little Sonny Boy Miklos Jefferson at February 01, 2026 12:03 AM (AP7fj)

220 Carolans. Just as good and half the price of Baileys.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 12:03 AM (qFwJc)

221 Freedom of Choice.
Really?
Try this. (the next part is a click on the right)

Spoiler - he wins you lose

https://shorturl.at/ZDTDa - click the triangle

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 12:04 AM (cW1mv)

222 It started snowing again this evening and the roads finally got cold enough for the snow to stick. So yay icy roads tomorrow morning and freezing temperatures through lunchtime tomorrow. So basically a mostly dead Sunday which I don't mind.

Posted by: Farquad at February 01, 2026 12:04 AM (CFMhl)

223 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)

224 Rick223, this is a follow up from a Twitter Rando -- By the way, January is the month for clearing year end gold and silver futures.

shanghai exchange halted trading because it was getting overheated, and that reset the market. Vince Lanci thinks this is going to be a form of capital control on Silver, and that Shanghai exchange is now dictating the world market price.
And that should last as long as it does

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (rbvCR)

225 Butter is down to $8.94/4lbs from a high around $14.00 awhile back.

Posted by: rickb223

That will make Darleen's little hobby more affordable.

Gotta wait until it warms up and we can use the inflatable pool.

Not having that mess inside the trailer

Posted by: Miklos likes butter anyway at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (AP7fj)

226 Another thumbs up for Carolans.

It's not quite as sickly-sweet as Baileys, but just as good overall flavor, and much easier on the wallet.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

227 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Home Depot ones work just fine. When we used to plow snow, we used that very thing for walks.

Posted by: MkY at February 01, 2026 12:09 AM (q6tQZ)

228 Carolans. Just as good and half the price of Baileys.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Instant coffee

Store brand cream

Military Special Whiskey (there's different kinds)

Posted by: Thrifty Miklos at the Class 6 at February 01, 2026 12:10 AM (AP7fj)

229 207 miklos
The great advantage of being able or inclined to kick dirt, is that you are on the right side of it

This.
Any day above ground is a good day🙂

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:10 AM (LNeRu)

230 It's not quite as sickly-sweet as Baileys, but just as good overall flavor, and much easier on the wallet.
Posted by: JQ

The guy who invented Baileys later gave interviews (on Yootoob) in which he laughed that people bought the stuff

Posted by: Meticulous Mixologist Miklos at February 01, 2026 12:12 AM (AP7fj)

231 Home Depot ones work just fine. When we used to plow snow, we used that very thing for walks.
Posted by: MkY at February 01, 2026 12:09 AM (q6tQZ)

Thx, ill probably get one for next year.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:12 AM (BI5O2)

232 YD, a yard fertilizer spreader works well. One winter I used mine to spread cat litter on my sidewalk to make it less slippery.
Next time I will pick the cat turds out of it.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:13 AM (rbvCR)

233 Howdy, COMM! Sorry you had to pound your beer mug on the bar! I was in the kitchen, making poppers! (IRL!)

Still not quite done...

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:14 AM (rdVOm)

234 I used to like to put bourbon and brown sugar in my coffee when camping.
Never held much for Baileys, but some of the people I camped with liked it.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:14 AM (rbvCR)

235 Ok. Poppers are in the oven.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:14 AM (OWbr4)

236 Happy Saturday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 12:15 AM (0nHVk)

237 This ONT is pretty good 👍
Thanks

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 01, 2026 12:15 AM (w3u3d)

238 Did the "Bomb Cyclone" do its thing?

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at February 01, 2026 12:16 AM (DIAAz)

239 YD, a yard fertilizer spreader works well. One winter I used mine to spread cat litter on my sidewalk to make it less slippery.

Next time I will pick the cat turds out of it.
Posted by: Kindltot

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:17 AM (OWbr4)

240 Poppers are in the oven.

REPEAT

Poppers are in the oven
----
The chair is against the wall

REPEAT

The chair is against the wall

Posted by: Miklos calling with a Long Moustache at February 01, 2026 12:17 AM (AP7fj)

241 I have extra cheese filling. More than expected. Pressed it into a container, covered with plastic, snapped the lid on & put it in the freezer. Shoulda bought another 6 or 8 peppers, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

242 Ohhh! Doggo❣❣❣
Miss your triple D! Good dog anyways!🐶
Posted by: COMountainMarie
--------
*waves to COMM* cheers!

Posted by: scampydog at February 01, 2026 12:19 AM (41CYW)

243 It made the grass grow green

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

244 I have extra cheese filling. More than expected. Pressed it into a container, covered with plastic, snapped the lid on & put it in the freezer. Shoulda bought another 6 or 8 peppers, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

Do you have wonton wrappers or phyllo dough? Mmmm.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:20 AM (rbvCR)

245 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)

If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt. Has better melting effectiveness, and is a nitrogen fertilizer, and feeds plants, instead of killing them.

You might need a ton of salt to do an entire block.

Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger at February 01, 2026 12:20 AM (8zz6B)

246 I have extra cheese filling. More than expected.
Posted by: JQ

Pro Tip-

In such cases, Professional Chefs...just eat it then and there

Posted by: Maitre d'Mikleuse at February 01, 2026 12:21 AM (AP7fj)

247 Hi-ho Pewter!
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

Go to your room.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 12:21 AM (diia5)

248 I have extra cheese filling. More than expected.
Posted by: JQ

Pro Tip-

In such cases, Professional Chefs...just eat it then and there
Posted by: Maitre d'Mikleuse

So do us amateurs.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:21 AM (OWbr4)

249 Do you have wonton wrappers or phyllo dough? Mmmm.
Posted by: Kindltot
-------

Sadly, no. I usually do have a pack of wonton wrappers in freezer.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

250 Yay! JQ! Thank heavens you made it...
Girldog and I were getting ready to nap down behind the stage in our cozy sleeping bag....

Hi DDS! join me for a nightcap😜

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:22 AM (LNeRu)

251 (desocks)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (8zz6B)

252 Pelletized Urea? Like Kidney Stones?

Posted by: Urethra Franklin at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (oftw2)

253 If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt.
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

Downside; your yard smells like piss.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (diia5)

254 This batch of cheese filling is special. Very spicy and garlicky! Heck, I don't even have any crackers in the house... *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)

255 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)

If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt. Has better melting effectiveness, and is a nitrogen fertilizer, and feeds plants, instead of killing them.

You might need a ton of salt to do an entire block.
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

Calcium Chloride. PELADOW.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:25 AM (OWbr4)

256 If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt.
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

Downside; your yard smells like piss.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (diia5)

But if it already does, what's the problem?

Posted by: Water Bills Are Expensive at February 01, 2026 12:25 AM (NZPfR)

257 So do us amateurs.
Posted by: rickb223

You are awarded Certificate of Merit for having that one sharp knife, and an Honorary French Accent

Posted by: Ecole Culinaire de L'Universite de Miklos at February 01, 2026 12:25 AM (AP7fj)

258 YD, a yard fertilizer spreader works well. One winter I used mine to spread cat litter on my sidewalk to make it less slippery.
Next time I will pick the cat turds out of it.
Posted by: Kindltot

Tip your veal; try the waitress.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)

259 Downside; your yard smells like piss.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (diia5)

No, really it doesn't. Pure industrial urea is odorless, and is manufactured, not refined out of cow piss. It's a good ice melter because it releases heat as it goes into solution in water, and it is sold for that very purpose. Also not as heavy as salt, so less work to carry it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (8zz6B)

260 If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt.
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

If it's cold enough, you can make your own on the spot.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (VHUov)

261 This batch of cheese filling is special. Very spicy and garlicky! Heck, I don't even have any crackers in the house... *sigh*
Posted by: JQ

You could mail it to me.

Will probably stay pretty cold in transit

Posted by: Miklos ain't proud when he's hongry at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (AP7fj)

262 Dang. That sounds good.

My popper filling is cream cheese and mild cheddar. I was thinking of adding gruyere.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (OWbr4)

263 If it's cold enough, you can make your own on the spot.
Posted by: mikeski

Or buy more and bigger dogs

Posted by: Miklos sees solutions at February 01, 2026 12:28 AM (AP7fj)

264 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Granular fertilizer spreader.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 12:30 AM (/lPRQ)

265 Rickb223-- I add several things to the cheese filling:

Soften the cream cheese, then add salt & black pepper, crushed garlic, hatch chile powder, favorite hot sauce (I like a pineapple-habanero flavor) and mix thoroughly before adding shredded pepper-jack and/or marble-jack and/or cheddar...

Very versatile.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

266 Maybe I should tell Darleen, Marleen, and Charleen that the toilet pipe is frozen, and they have to go outside (not like they're shy or nothin').

Problem solved and don't cost me nothin'

Posted by: Miklos sees quick and effective solutions at February 01, 2026 12:33 AM (AP7fj)

267 > If it's cold enough, you can make your own on the spot.
Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (VHUov)

Plus the yellow color serves as a marker so you can tell which areas have already been taken care of.

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 01, 2026 12:33 AM (IG3/x)

268 Remember, guys: If you're gonna write in the snow... DON'T write you OWN name!

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

269 I'm hungry.

JQ, could you smoosh a couple o' poppers through the USB port? Most appreciated 😝....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:35 AM (LNeRu)

270 268 Remember, guys: If you're gonna write in the snow... DON'T write you OWN name!
Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

At least be certain it isn't in your own hand writing.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 01, 2026 12:36 AM (w/O5Q)

271 >>could you smoosh a couple o' poppers through the USB port?
-------

Absolutely, COMM! Coming up!

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

272 It is now time for me to go undercover.

Adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen to you

Posted by: a-Miklos anna Sissy anna Bobby and the Miklos Welk Family at February 01, 2026 12:37 AM (AP7fj)

273 I am kinda hungry...
Maybe I'll see if girldog left anything in her bowl...hmmm...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:38 AM (LNeRu)

274 Soften the cream cheese, then add salt & black pepper, crushed garlic, hatch chile powder, favorite hot sauce (I like a pineapple-habanero flavor) and mix thoroughly before adding shredded pepper-jack and/or marble-jack and/or cheddar...

Very versatile.
Posted by: JQ

Good idea. Thank you. I've added crushed pineapple before. That was pretty good.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:39 AM (OWbr4)

275
Just discovered a little bug with the weather station. I noticed the wind speed had been dead zero nearly all evening after sundown, but the wind vane was moving around. Turned out the snow had piled up on top of the unit enough to block the wind cups from turning.

I decided I wasn't going to go out and try to clear it, but just now it came a strong enough gust of wind to clear some and the cups are spinning again. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

276 here's something to write in the snow ﷲ

Posted by: gKWVE at February 01, 2026 12:40 AM (gKWVE)

277 Remember, guys: If you're gonna write in the snow... DON'T write you OWN name!
Posted by: JQ

C

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Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:40 AM (OWbr4)

278 Yeah....gonna go get in the sleeping bag with the girldog.
G'night pals👋💤💤💤

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:42 AM (LNeRu)

279 Just discovered a little bug with the weather station. I noticed the wind speed had been dead zero nearly all evening after sundown, but the wind vane was moving around. Turned out the snow had piled up on top of the unit enough to block the wind cups from turning.

I decided I wasn't going to go out and try to clear it, but just now it came a strong enough gust of wind to clear some and the cups are spinning again. :-)
Posted by: publius

What station would you recommend for hooking up to Weather Underground?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (OWbr4)

280
It's 28F in Orlando, now. And 42 - 45 around Fort Lauderdale and Miami. 33F at Cape Canaveral.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)

281 Fresno peppers make good poppers too-- bright red and a bit hotter than jalapenos. Some of both make an attractive party tray!

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

282 Late morning. Shise and rine!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (gK5jz)

283 I'd love to join you for a nightcap, COMM, or perhaps two, right now I need to grab some of those poppers though, the sound delish. I just did a reconnoiter of the kitchen and I have a limited food selection right now, I'll be shopping in the morning.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 12:44 AM (0nHVk)

284 Weather Underground: Tomorrow's temperature is forecast to be MUCH WARMER than today.

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:46 AM (OWbr4)

285 >> What station would you recommend for hooking up to Weather Underground?

I don't know enough about it to make it any decent recommendation, really. I've got an Ambient Weather WS-2000. Getting it connected to Wunderground was poorly documented, you have to use some upload URL that's sort of poorly documented, but I got it.

Davis PWS units are supposed to be the best, but are quite pricey. I see a lot of Acurite units on the network as well. I like this WS-2000. There's a pricier unit next tier above, ultrasonic wind speed sensor. The WS-2902 is the tier just below the 2000. It uses the same outdoor unit, it's just the console has some features disabled. So, as far as Ambient goes, I'd recommend the WS-2000.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

286 Hi, Debby! Help yourself to the poppers... I made LOTS.

I should dial it down in the future, I guess. Just seems so much work, why not make extra & freeze for later?

On the other hand, it wouldn't BE so much work, if I only made a dozen at a time. Hahaha.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

287 I'd love to join you for a nightcap, COMM, or perhaps two, right now I need to grab some of those poppers though, the sound delish. I just did a reconnoiter of the kitchen and I have a limited food selection right now, I'll be shopping in the morning.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Covid killed the 24 hour grocery store or I'd be at Wal Mart right now.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:50 AM (OWbr4)

288 Goodnight COMM, good night Miklos, the place will be kind of quiet without.

JQ, poppers are yummy and thank you rickb too. I'll be needing a Chivas next, if it is not too much trouble.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 12:51 AM (0nHVk)

289 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

We had mucho excitement at Chez TiFW today - we bought a "Countertop Oven" because the oven portion of our Chambers stove that we had refurbished in August STILL isn't working (they are coming to look at it, but they go all over the country to repair old stoves) the other day. I also ordered a shelving unit to set it on above our mini fridge and with our microwave.

Today, Paul and his friend Gary had great fun assembling the shelving unit and unboxing the oven (they are both engineers). So now I get to figure out how to use the air fryer feature as well as the convection oven feature.

It's a good sized unit - it will hold up to a 9x13 baking dish, and it has space for 2 racks in it.

The new chemo that I am on has made me less tired, and they add a small amount of steroids to prevent issues with liver toxicity, so I am actually thinkers by about food again!

So tomorrow, a new culinary adventure begins 🎉🎉🎉

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 12:53 AM (SRRAx)

290
Freeze line looks to be down about Tampa latitude. I'm seeing some 32s and 33s inland east of Tampa. Tampa Bay itself is still holding 37 - 39. The models have been keeping that freeze line pushed inland all night, so it's likely not going to freeze right in Tampa, but that freeze line is head town pretty far south to the east.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)

291 Night of the Iguana was a pretty good movie.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 12:53 AM (QGaXH)

292 24hr grocery was so awesome, back when I worked night shift...

Aisles clear & freshly stocked, no screaming children or long lines at checkout.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

293 Wow. Fog had rolled in. Big time. The ferries are all tooting at each other. I can’t see them at all. But I can hear them.

Spooky.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 12:55 AM (IhIKR)

294 Well, bed time for me. Have to get up at 0700, to make ready for a raod trip to a car parts swap meet in Glendale. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 12:55 AM (8zz6B)

295 The WS-2902 is the tier just below the 2000. It uses the same outdoor unit, it's just the console has some features disabled. So, as far as Ambient goes, I'd recommend the WS-2000.
Posted by: publius

Amazon has it. Thanks!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:57 AM (OWbr4)

296 >> Amazon has it. Thanks!

If you get one, let me know when it arrives and you get mounted and powered up, and I'll look and help you get it hooked up to Wunderground. Ambient has its own weather network, which is easy to hook up to.

Wundeground can be infuriating sometimes, keep in mind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:59 AM (w6EFb)

297 So tomorrow, a new culinary adventure begins 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

Yay!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 01:01 AM (OWbr4)

298 If you get one, let me know when it arrives and you get mounted and powered up, and I'll look and help you get it hooked up to Wunderground. Ambient has its own weather network, which is easy to hook up to.

Wundeground can be infuriating sometimes, keep in mind.
Posted by: publius

10-4!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 01:02 AM (OWbr4)

299 >
What station would you recommend for hooking up to Weather Underground?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (OWbr4)

In the old days, Radio Moscow World Service.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Here we are in 2026 and those asswipes Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn are still consuming oxygen that could be used something useful.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 01, 2026 01:03 AM (IG3/x)

300 Teresa, your new stove sounds like fun, I am doing more cold weather cooking myself, time to make some old favorites.

I haven't heard any news from Iran today, is there any?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 01:05 AM (0nHVk)

301 The ferries are all tooting at each other.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Seattle: it's foggy tonight

San Fran: there was a chili cook-off

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)

302 >> 10-4!

Also, be sure you have a micro SD card on had to plug in the console. A few GB will be all you need -- you can store years worth of data. If you don't have it, the console memory can only hold so many days worth of data depending on what your update interval is. 5 minutes is the default, which is good enough.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)

303 > 291 Night of the Iguana was a pretty good movie.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 12:53 AM (QGaXH)

I should check it out as an adult. I remember being pissed off as a kid when the TV Guide listed it as the late-night movie.

Going by the title, I thought it was going to be a horror film.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 01, 2026 01:05 AM (IG3/x)

304 Also, be sure you have a micro SD card on had to plug in the console. A few GB will be all you need -- you can store years worth of data. If you don't have it, the console memory can only hold so many days worth of data depending on what your update interval is. 5 minutes is the default, which is good enough.
Posted by: publius

Good idea!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 01:07 AM (OWbr4)

305 Also, be sure you have a micro SD card on had to plug in the console. A few GB will be all you need -- you can store years worth of data. If you don't have it, the console memory can only hold so many days worth of data depending on what your update interval is. 5 minutes is the default, which is good enough.
Posted by: publius

One terabyte should be enough. 😉

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 01:08 AM (OWbr4)

306 5 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 10:02 PM (cW1mv)

We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)

307 I have an Acurite. It's OK. My wind vane is 8 feet off the ground... how much snow you get, publius?
Also, we're well into the woods, so highest wind speed we've ever recorded was 26 mph. There were 65 mph winds that day

Posted by: MkY at February 01, 2026 01:23 AM (q6tQZ)

308 >> how much snow you get, publius?

5" - 6". Simpsonville official was 3", but to the east here we got into the heavier zone.

Today was one of those days where the high temp was right at midnight, and it just slowly cooled down all day even through midday.

It's a bummer, but GSP only tied the lowest high record today because of that. Jan 31 was a bit high, 31F compared to 20s for most other mid and late Jan days. Even though mid afternoon highs were in the mid-20s, it still counts as a high of 31F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

309 We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Even when I was actually 29, I don't think I had that kind of range.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 01:29 AM (VHUov)

310 ARIK, I um, need to use the bathroom.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 01:30 AM (0nHVk)

311
Nick Shirley is about to drop a vid on San Diego. I'm so glad he's gotten to California.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 01:33 AM (LeyXC)

312 I’m old enough that I remember the punchline in the yellow urine inscription in the snow:
“ It’s Henry Kissinger’s handwriting.”

Posted by: Fenderbender at February 01, 2026 01:37 AM (x8own)

313 >>>Going by the title, I thought it was going to be a horror film.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
---

Rented Kiss of the Spider Woman thinking it would be SciFi. Boy, was I suprised. OK, though.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:38 AM (cW1mv)

314 Microed a 3yr old tub of Rice a Roni, it's cooling down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:40 AM (cW1mv)

315 309 We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Toto?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:42 AM (cW1mv)

316 310 ARIK, I um, need to use the bathroom.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 01:30 AM (0nHVk)

DDS - if you are still here - you are welcome to but house rule is 'no evidence'.

We had boys so.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 01:52 AM (QGaXH)

317 315 309 We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
---

Toto?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:42 AM (cW1mv)

I believe so but don't have the model number handy.

They each cost a pretty penny, but wife likes her creature comforts...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 01:54 AM (QGaXH)

318 @WatcherGuru . Jan 26

Last month, Rep. Kevin Hern sold up to $500,000 worth of UnitedHealth stock.

Today, the Trump administration proposed flat Medicare reimbursement rates for insurers, causing $UNH to crash over 10%.

Hern is a member of the House Subcommittee on Health

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:54 AM (cW1mv)

319 but house rule is 'no evidence'.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

What about ShowerCamTM?

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 01:55 AM (VHUov)

320 Thanks ARIK. got a few boys of my own, I know what you mean. I am off to bed, I am feeling sleepy. Sweet dreams Horde, and JQ, thanks as always for tending bar.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 01:56 AM (0nHVk)

321 Rented Kiss of the Spider Woman thinking it would be SciFi. Boy, was I suprised. OK, though.

Posted by: Braenyard
--------
Was that the one with two dudes in a prison cell? A Marxist and a gay? If so, in many ways this is the story of Keith Ellison and Tim Walz.

Posted by: scampydog at February 01, 2026 01:56 AM (41CYW)

322 315 309 We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
---

Toto?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:42 AM (cW1mv)

Toto Washlet is the model.

I didn't like the idea of water and electricity but - as usual - overruled.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 01:58 AM (QGaXH)

323 The idiots in my district elected a Democrat for the first time since 1991 (Texas SD-9). The overwhelming number of votes cast were early voting.

The local Facebook page for our neighborhood has been gloating all night.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 02:07 AM (SRRAx)

324 @WatcherGuru . Jan 26
Last month, Rep. Kevin Hern sold up to $500,000 worth of UnitedHealth stock.
Today, the Trump administration proposed flat Medicare reimbursement rates for insurers, causing $UNH to crash over 10%.
Hern is a member of the House Subcommittee on Health
Posted by: Braenyard

If mikeski were King for a day, nobody working for the government at any decision-making level could own individual stocks or bonds. Get elected to congress, become a judge, etc, and you sell it all before you take your oath, and buy broad-market tracking mutual funds. S&P500 tracker, Dow tracker, etc.

If mikeski were Emperor for a day, there would be a special government "fund" that changed in value based on something like [GDP minus inflation] or [average worker's real wages]. Everyone working for the government at any level has 100% of their investments put in there.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 02:08 AM (VHUov)

325 I didn't like the idea of water and electricity where I put my junk but - as usual - overruled.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

FIFY.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 02:09 AM (VHUov)

326 Had to go look - 29 moments - yes it was
William Hurt and Raul Julia.
Expecting SciFi, at first it was WTF? But it is a real movie, with plot and dialogue. Recommend

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:10 AM (cW1mv)

327 Always interesting to see what the dominant topic is late on the ONT. Toilets, it looks like. Toilets, and misleading movie titles. But, mostly, toilets.

Sugar Tits is funny, sarcastic, and what I guess the kids are calling based. If you like that kind of thing.
Gender-bender activists have lost their minds (16:19)
https://youtu.be/b6H0iaNG7_s

And for tonight and for January, 2026, this is the end.
https://youtu.be/9pRGoSbYHQE

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - catch ya next month which it is already here at February 01, 2026 02:12 AM (j02Vi)

328
The idiots in my district elected a Democrat for the first time since 1991 (Texas SD-9). The overwhelming number of votes cast were early voting.

The local Facebook page for our neighborhood has been gloating all night.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

=================

That scares me a bit, to be honest.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 02:14 AM (LeyXC)

329
Freeze line is trying to push over into Tampa. It's 32 and 31F right to the east. In the middle toward the Atlantic, it's pushing to the north side of Lake Okeechobee. It's in the high 30s around Palm Beach.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)

330 The idiots in my district elected a Democrat for the first time since 1991 (Texas SD-9). The overwhelming number of votes cast were early voting.

The local Facebook page for our neighborhood has been gloating all night.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

=================

That scares me a bit, to be honest.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 02:14 AM (LeyXC)
-------------------
Teresa, what issues drove the election?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:22 AM (s5hGr)

331
It's currently 14F in Sugar Tit, SC. Things are getting pretty hard and pointy there, I imagine.

It's 16F right here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 02:25 AM (w6EFb)

332 Texas state Senate story

https://tinyurl.com/kzv2bdmh

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:27 AM (Vwn5y)

333 Doors did some really good stuff but most of it wasn't.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:28 AM (cW1mv)

334 Another 10 degree day here, looks like. Our neighborhood fox looked unperturbed, waltzing across my front yard yesterday afternoon

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:30 AM (Vwn5y)

335 Ft. Wort has been moving to the left for a good while.
Prolly elected U.T. graduates who want to keep up with Dallas instead of preserving its identity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:31 AM (cW1mv)

336 Hi all!

Nurse, we had fog too. So pretty.

>>> 168 "Mamdani? Walz? They didn't go to the island."

Mamdami's mom went to the island. Possibly just in her movie director role. But there's speculation that her meetings with Epstein set her son on a path to be an anointed one in politics.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 02:31 AM (gWBY1)

337 Doors manager said he was relieved when Morrison died. Most evil person he'd ever encountered.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:35 AM (cW1mv)

338 I like a window open at night, even just a crack. As temps get closer to zero I question that habit

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:35 AM (Vwn5y)

339 I'm so relieved to see box office receipts are rolling in, and Melania's documentary is one of the top grossing openers in the past 14 years! (Excluding concerts docs like Tay-Tay.) Over 8 million and has an A cinema score.

The media was crowing it had low pre-sales, but the majority of tickets were bought by people 55 and older. People who probably go and buy their tickets in person, and you can't track. Also did gangbusters with women in the south.

Another thing for Hollywood to have TDS over.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 02:36 AM (gWBY1)

340 Yay "Melania"!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:37 AM (Vwn5y)

341 Doors manager said he was relieved when Morrison died. Most evil person he'd ever encountered.

Posted by: Braenyard

Sugarman or Botnik? I've never heard this.

Posted by: Dark L at February 01, 2026 02:46 AM (KAi1n)

342 I've never seen the doors movie with Val Kilmer. Worth a watch?

Ana I just found out Target is pulling out of a bunch of blue cities, including NYC. Too much shoplifting and violence against employees. I've been at the Targets in both Harlem and the Bronx. One of the few one-stop shopping stores by subway and bus lines. I feel bad for all the good families impacted by the bad actors.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 02:51 AM (gWBY1)

343 Memory fails, it was the keyboard player.

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist of The Doors, described Jim Morrison ... referred to Morrison as the world's "most evil person."

The manager of Jim Morrison, Jim Siddons, expressed a strong sentiment about his time with Morrison, stating he was glad to be rid of him. This reflects the tension and challenges that arose from Morrison

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:07 AM (cW1mv)

344 342 I've never seen the doors movie with Val Kilmer. Worth a watch?

Ana I just found out Target is pulling out of a bunch of blue cities, including NYC. Too much shoplifting and violence against employees. I've been at the Targets in both Harlem and the Bronx. One of the few one-stop shopping stores by subway and bus lines. I feel bad for all the good families impacted by the bad actors.
Posted by: LizLem
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Bet they are still selling homosexual gear for boys and girls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:09 AM (cW1mv)

345 Folks are starting to dig into the released Epstein records. Frightening example by Dom Lucre:

https://tinyurl.com/228vbdtf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 03:10 AM (gK5jz)

346 Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
are you here?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:10 AM (cW1mv)

347 NYC does not have any laws against stealing. Even if they did arrest the thief they would let 'em walk. The Governor of Minnesota helped rip US taxpayers off 8 billion dollars. He is still in office. Laws are not enforced anymore. Laws are nothing but a suggestion. And it seems like nobody cares.

Posted by: Case at February 01, 2026 03:19 AM (E7+ue)

348 Bush family, under the radar, under the covers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:26 AM (cW1mv)

349 330 The idiots in my district elected a Democrat for the first time since 1991 (Texas SD-9). The overwhelming number of votes cast were early voting.

The local Facebook page for our neighborhood has been gloating all night.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

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That scares me a bit, to be honest.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 02:14 AM (LeyXC)
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Teresa, what issues drove the election?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:22 AM (s5hGr)

Hell if I know! We have had a LOT of new construction in the area (which frankly, in an area this small is too much for the infrastructure to handle). Lots of multi units - high end, but more than this area can accommodate. We are just south of all of the hospitals.

Our neighborhood has finally become "trendy" - all of the urban pioneers from 40 years ago like ourselves, who bought fixer-uppers in a historic area that had seen better days, sold their renovated houses for a small fortune to the "new" occupants of the neighborhood/area. They all have money and liberal attitudes and no common sense. Lots of social justice ideas, though. Idiots.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 03:28 AM (SRRAx)

350 Running late again. Got to go. See yall tomorrow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:29 AM (cW1mv)

351 On the plus side, the Legislature is out of session until after the next election, so it's kind of a nothing burger win.

We did our part and went and voted tonight - we have always been "day of" voters. Dinosaurs.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 03:36 AM (SRRAx)

352 Doors did some really good stuff but most of it wasn't.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:28 AM (cW1mv)

Back in the real early 80's when twisted sister was just a local band playing the circuit they did a tribute to the doors by burning a door on stage.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2026 03:51 AM (snZF9)

353 Almost to the end, my friend.

For reference, we just crossed freezing, and the low tonight is supposed to only get down to 30F. Usually in the teens this time of year. But for now, I'm going to enjoy it.
Tomorrow... predicted 61F

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2026 04:00 AM (36QIT)

354 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at February 01, 2026 04:02 AM (SSiCQ)

355 Taylor Rehmet.

Bwahahahahaha

Posted by: Midterm bloodbath at February 01, 2026 07:16 AM (9zHAO)

356 A warm toilet seat is not a benefit unless the house is freezing and you live alone.

This!
When my brother lived in an off-the-grid cabin in Alaska he kept his foam toilet seat behind the wood stove, so when nature called it was not quite as grim as it could have been.
Of course, carrying a your twelve-gauge pump stuffed full of slugs did sharpen your senses during one's trip to the outhouse.

Posted by: waepnedmann at February 01, 2026 07:38 AM (vXYrX)

Saturday Night Something Something

Charles is off on holiday. He regretfully asked yours truly if I would present a reasonable facsimile of a music thread.

Ha. Fat chance I thought to myself.

*****

[Yes, there is a Safe Mystery Click]

Perhaps this thread is a continuation of the previous Saturday threads.

Tonight's theme I guess is, Does music bring you joy? If music doesn't bring you joy what does?

Some of you know that I dabble with paints. I find it more than a hobby. It is a passion rather than a hobby. Music brings joy to the studio. And one never knows what will be playing in the background of MisHum Studio. The creative process of painting involves an eclectic mix from Adele to Zappa surging through the speakers.

Lately I have been finding myself on listening binges of various artists. So no boys and girls and everything in between, it's not Frank Zappa here 24/7/365(6).

Tonight's Thread has been brought to you by Playlists & The Maestro, FZ.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 07:50 PM

Comments

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1 Good even everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 07:52 PM (cYBz/)

2 Stacking LPs during the AOR era was fantastic. A few hours of music to pass out by.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 07:53 PM (cYBz/)

3 Why was there no flaming skull behind bars when Don Lemon was arrested?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (R86kT)

4 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Don't bring me down!!!

Posted by: Electric Light Orchestra at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (mP0Kj)

6 The old classic hymns mean something to me. The rest of music is noise.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (S8ZfB)

7 Does anyone else here collect old hymnals? I read them as poems.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 07:56 PM (S8ZfB)

8 Don't bring me down.... either...

Posted by: The Animals at January 31, 2026 07:56 PM (mP0Kj)

9 MisHum! #1! With a bullet!

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (vFG9F)

10 Came up on another sites forum
What do youu like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years?
A mention of The Cars first album and I agree

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

11 I studied for law school exams with a stack of Dan Fogelburg albums. When it was time to turn the stack over, it was time for a break. I passed!

Posted by: jayhawkone at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (QSaoA)

12 It's Zappa Month!

*cues up "Cheepnis"*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 07:58 PM (kpS4V)

13 Charles is off on holiday. He regretfully asked yours truly if I would present a reasonable facsimile of a music thread.

Ha. Fat chance I thought to myself.

Where is MisHum, and what have you done with him???

The real MisHum would only need two words for a music thread:

Frank. Zappa.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2026 07:59 PM (0sNs1)

14 Love that 3 dog night song! It’s crazy that 3 Dog Night seems to be almost a forgotten group now; in the early to mid 70’s they were on every radio constantly. I’ve read that when the acts for Woodstock were booked, 3 Dog Night was considered to be the biggest group they had playing there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 07:59 PM (IUuBi)

15 Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

First two tapes?

Elton John Madman across the Water...

First Eagles Album...

Played them on a little cassette deck with a very tiny single speaker... but at 12 years old? that was gold.

Posted by: The Animals at January 31, 2026 08:00 PM (mP0Kj)

16 15 Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

First two tapes?

Elton John Madman across the Water...

First Eagles Album...

Played them on a little cassette deck with a very tiny single speaker... but at 12 years old? that was gold.
Posted by: The Animals at January 31, 2026 08:00 PM (mP0Kj)

Damn, serious sock failage.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 31, 2026 08:00 PM (mP0Kj)

17 First and only comedy album was Franklin Ajaye’s Don’t Smoke Dope, Fry Your Hair!.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 08:01 PM (S8ZfB)

18 What do youu like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years

Joy Division, Tears For Fears, Depeche Mode have been pretty constant around here.

Posted by: gKWVE could have a fine time living in the night at January 31, 2026 08:02 PM (gKWVE)

19 My playlist stack was 45s, and a "suitcase" record player. I saw a company the other day, they're offering the big furniture type stereos with the lift up lid. My parents had one, it's a little weird to see the almost exact same thing offered for sale again.

Posted by: Lirio100 at January 31, 2026 08:04 PM (ky7/T)

20
Don't bring me down.... either...
Posted by: The Animals

Don't bring me down...BRUCE!

Posted by: ELO at January 31, 2026 08:05 PM (/x9Qb)

21 9 MisHum! #1! With a bullet!
Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (vFG9F)

Yeah I got some of those white albums with pencil.....

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2026 08:05 PM (Q/qH+)

22 The creative process of painting involves an eclectic mix from Adele to Zappa surging through the speakers.

Yep, music is playing when I'm active in the kitchen. Usually it's an archived stream of The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn, or a show called Americana Matinee (hosted by a leftist who manages to minimize her politics).

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 08:08 PM (nbLIj)

23 Listening to Zappa all the time can be exhausting. You have to leave time for Stravinsky and Snuky Tate.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 08:08 PM (vFG9F)

24 What do youu like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years

AC/DC, Slayer, Judas Priest, Pantera.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 08:09 PM (mkk/2)

25 Evening everyone, thx MusHum.
Listened to everything in my teen years, Stones, Zeppelin, Allman Brothers and a lot of Southern rock. Then got into The Clash , Pretenders, The Police. Wide variety good for the musical soul

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 08:09 PM (IDEQi)

26 6 The old classic hymns mean something to me. The rest of music is noise.
Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (S8ZfB)

I like the old classic hymns. Don't care for most modern Christian music. But I do like all kinds of other music.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:09 PM (h7ZuX)

27 First record purchased: Debussy's "Afternoon of a Fawn/ Ravel's "Daphnis and Cloe"

First CD: Ensemble Alcatraz, "Visions and Miracles"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:09 PM (kpS4V)

28 Playlist from my teen years - a lot of ELO, Kansas, Styx. And Emerson Lake and Palmer.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 08:11 PM (IUuBi)

29 What do you like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years?
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I was a classical music dweeb who didn't get into contemporary music until I was about 18, but after that, punk and Nu-wave.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:12 PM (kpS4V)

30 What do youu like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years?
A mention of The Cars first album and I agree
Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

That's pretty eclectic, too. Bee Gees, REO Speedwagon, Roxy Music, Led Zeppelin, Patti Smith, Supertramp, the Kinks, Talking Heads....

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:12 PM (h7ZuX)

31 MisHum,

Thanks for the mystery click. Always liked that song and that group. (Notice I'm not spoiling the 'mystery'.)

Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 08:14 PM (yTvNw)

32 I do still occasionally listen to a full Zeppelin album

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

33 First LP purchased with my own money: Rice-Webber's original soundtrack of JC Superstar (boxed set)

First CD: Probably Beethoven's C-minor Symphony. Bernstein NYP.

Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2026 08:15 PM (rj6Yv)

34 First cassette I got for Christmas was Pyromania.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 08:15 PM (mkk/2)

35 The first album I ever bought was a Three Dog Night album. Still like them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:15 PM (h7ZuX)

36 Motown

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 08:15 PM (0KSrI)

37 Playlist from my teen years - a lot of ELO, Kansas, Styx. And Emerson Lake and Palmer.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 08:11 PM (IUuBi)

You can remain on my lawn. The rest of you...(makes shooing motion with both hands)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 08:15 PM (nbLIj)

38 The Ventures were before my time but I liked them as a teen. Still do, I guess.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 08:15 PM (vFG9F)

39 I never cared for most beach music though.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F)

40 I am surprised at how well early rap is received at work.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 08:16 PM (S8ZfB)

41 I recently listened to Culture Club's "Time (Clock of the Heart)". Still a beautiful little pop tune.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:16 PM (kpS4V)

42 Tinyurl now wants me to sign up for an account. Is there an alternative?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:17 PM (kpS4V)

43 31 MisHum,

Thanks for the mystery click. Always liked that song and that group. (Notice I'm not spoiling the 'mystery'.)
Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 08:14 PM (yTvNw)

I noticed.
Thank you.

The writer of one has wrote a ton of hits

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2026 08:18 PM (Q/qH+)

44 "Tinyurl now wants me to sign up for an account. Is there an alternative?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes."

*beckons*

Posted by: The Margins at January 31, 2026 08:20 PM (vFG9F)

45 The writer of one has wrote a ton of hits
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 31, 2026 08:18 PM (Q/qH+)

One of the Williams boys, yes?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 08:21 PM (nbLIj)

46 Three Dog Night got lots of play around me. They were great, l liked their upbeat songs. Joy To The World, Celebrate, Mama Told Me was a funny song. I guess Never Been to Spain was my favorite song they done. But they had lots of good ones.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 08:22 PM (E7+ue)

47 Back around 1981, one of my roommates had a collection of the best of Motown. We played the hell outa those.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:22 PM (h7ZuX)

48 Clix, blech, soft rock

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 08:22 PM (S8ZfB)

49 Oh how I long to blow you, sexy margins!

While Dildo's away....

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:22 PM (kpS4V)

50 I just ignore the request to create an account

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 08:23 PM (+mUZM)

51 Tinyurl now wants me to sign up for an account. Is there an alternative?

I've been using is.gd.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 08:23 PM (Fs0KI)

52 I'm watching "Return of the Jedi" for the millionth time. McDairmid's dry cackle is awesome.

I had the John Williams scores on LPs and wore them down to fuzzy nubs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:26 PM (kpS4V)

53 Listening to the Who right now, by a patio fire pit having a beer with the mrs.

Posted by: Rex B at January 31, 2026 08:27 PM (GI9/m)

54 Weird week in that the dulcimer world lost a Luthier, Ron Ewing. And Duane of Phoenix Typewriters passed away. Ron Ewing has been making dulcimers and dulcimerettes sine the 70s. I got a six string dulcimerette from him in September. Very well respected.

Same issue with Duane (and I've forgotten his last name). One of the typewriter repairmen that gave a lot to the community.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 08:27 PM (+mUZM)

55 Teenage music? Doowop, more or less. Pgh area, mid '50s, what else, but... Late night WMCK, Art Barraduci. That's where I developed my taste for Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, etc and all their soloists, who Art listed after every song. How many of you even heard of Vito Musso? Lady Day, June Christy, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Rushing...Damn, that was good music...

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 08:27 PM (36QIT)

56 Nazareth's "Love Hurts" came up in my Spotify shuffle a couple of days ago. It's been ages since that came around.* That was such a perfect teenage angst over-and-over with the headphones on choice in my teen years.

*The random play on Spotify is less than ideal. It does seem to get into a loop where it plays a small group of songs frequently, and others hardly ever at all. But what a great surprise when it does pull up a good one that I've not heard in forever.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:27 PM (h7ZuX)

57 Oh now it's working fine. Never mind.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:28 PM (kpS4V)

58 Men in Black is on. A very fun movie. And Linda Fiorentino is hot. Weird career

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 08:28 PM (IDEQi)

59 What do youu like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years?
Posted by: Skip

So, albums that I had on tape as schoolkid-mikeski, that I re-bought on CD and still listen to, for reasons other than nostalgia? Or maybe CDs from my early college years, same?

Off the top of my head: Tears For Fears, Toto, Alan Parsons Project, Kansas, Savatage, Metallica, Genesis.....

I want to include Dream Theater, but only their 1st album is from the edge of that time frame, so maybe "honorable mention?"

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 08:28 PM (VHUov)

60 Ah!. Note the flip-over cartridge.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 08:28 PM (XeU6L)

61 Does anyone else here collect old hymnals? I read them as poems.
Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 07:56 PM

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I wouldn't say I collect hymnals, but I have a shelf full.

1940 Episcopal hymnal is my favorite by far.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 31, 2026 08:29 PM (1Au9i)

62 Back around 1981, one of my roommates had a collection of the best of Motown. We played the hell outa those.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:22 PM (h7ZuX)

I have that collection.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 08:30 PM (nbLIj)

63 I'm watching "Return of the Jedi" for the millionth time. McDairmid's dry cackle is awesome.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

He's one of the masters of the best character actor's grift; get famous for playing an old guy when you are 35. You'll be able to work for 40 years and won't have to pretend at some point.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 31, 2026 08:30 PM (diia5)

64 That's where I developed my taste for Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton...
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I always confuse Stan Kenton, and Ken Stanton.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 08:30 PM (XeU6L)

65 I have that collection.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 08:30 PM (nbLIj)

I'd love to have that now. I keep scouring the thrift stores for a nice boxed set of vinyl. We were three 19-year-old girls, singing and dancing around the house to Motor City's best.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:33 PM (h7ZuX)

66 Duane Jensen of Phoenix Typewriters. Had to look it up

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 08:33 PM (+mUZM)

67 Seriously, for those tired of tasting the margins' salty veins, when reposting vids instead of
https://www.youtube.com/wa v=etc
try
youtu.be/[the actual code]

For instance, this one Eminem and Obie wrote about Bill Gates
youtu.be/HX0qXWwVKEA

No fiddling with tinyurl. The margins get the blue balls they deserve.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 31, 2026 08:34 PM (gKWVE)

68 "Note the flip-over cartridge.
Posted by: Mike Hammer"

Different profile needles, as I recall.

I had a 33/45 player as a tot. We used to check records out from the library.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 08:34 PM (vFG9F)

69
Laus Deo! Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have arrived in NYC. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts for her on her trip.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 08:36 PM (tgvbd)

70 I can tell you haven't dealt with CBD. I was admonished for using that shortened link instead of tiny url.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 08:36 PM (+mUZM)

71 Ken who???
Made me look it up.
Ok, Simple way to.distinguish - little memory trick.
Kenton - letter K, Santon- letter S
K.comes before S.
Kenton made records, Stanton sold them. Gotta make 'em before you sell 'em.
Glad I could help.

From Atlanta, eh?

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 08:38 PM (36QIT)

72 So, albums that I had on tape as schoolkid-mikeski, that I re-bought on CD and still listen to, for reasons other than nostalgia?
Posted by: mikeski

On the other end of the calendar, the most recent album I bought is this one:

https://youtu.be/1enSUZ-A-HM

I'm not sure what genre that is. Either "none of the above" or "all of them." But that's the sort of music that suits me.

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 08:39 PM (VHUov)

73
I wouldn't say I collect hymnals, but I have a shelf full.

1940 Episcopal hymnal is my favorite by far.
Posted by: Bigsmith
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One of my most cherished hymnals is the Armed Forces Hymnal,~mid 50's?.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 08:39 PM (XeU6L)

74 Old and In the Way. David Grisman, Vassar Clements, Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan and some guy on bass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrqGnA7xgCg

Posted by: huerfano at January 31, 2026 08:40 PM (98kQX)

75 Tinyurl now wants me to sign up for an account. Is there an alternative?
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I've found you can scroll down past that little annoyance and still get to the familiar UI for their tool, unless they changed it today

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 08:40 PM (fhfS+)

76 71 I can tell you haven't dealt with CBD. I was admonished for using that shortened link instead of tiny url.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 08:36 PM (+mUZM)
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He e-mailed me to admonish me for using Rose's Lime Juice instead of making my own.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:43 PM (kpS4V)

77 Does music bring me joy? Absolutely! But not as background when I'm concentrating on other activities. If I'm focused on something I stop really hearing the music. When I listen to music it takes all my attention. Listening while driving doesn't count since I just sing or hum along without getting too involved. When traffic gets 'interesting', I turn off the radio.

Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 08:43 PM (yTvNw)

78 Listening to the blues right now.

Posted by: Kwesi Adofo-Mensah at January 31, 2026 08:44 PM (Q+gd/)

79 From Atlanta, eh?
Posted by: buddhaha
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Yup. Marietta,actually.

"The Thursday, June 30, 1949, edition of The Marietta Daily Journal reported that Ken Stanton, 37, a Marietta resident since 1946, announced that he was opening a music store at 300 Whitlock Avenue in Marietta. Stanton would handle pianos, musical instruments, repairs, instruction and accessories. He also planned to organize and direct six county high school bands in the next year. Those bands were McEachern, Acworth, Smyrna, Fitzhugh Lee, Austell and Robert L. Osborne."

I often used to drive past his store.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 08:44 PM (XeU6L)

80 Nazareth's "Love Hurts" came up in my Spotify shuffle a couple of days ago. It's been ages since that came around.* That was such a perfect teenage angst over-and-over with the headphones on choice in my teen years.

Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:27 PM (h7ZuX)

Good one. Concrete Blonde's "Joey" is another great example of that genre. James Mankey's guitar solo just rips your heart out...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 08:44 PM (nbLIj)

81 Early teenage years? The Fugs, Holy Modal Rounders, James Gang, Mountain. Jefferson Airplane, Dead, Country Joe and the Fish, Hot Tuna, Quicksilver Messenger Service. Lots of cassettes.

Posted by: Ol' Codger at January 31, 2026 08:44 PM (oftw2)

82 The cartoon at the top of the post is seriously clever and funny. I'll smile about it every time I think of it.

Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 08:46 PM (yTvNw)

83 The first record I ever bought was Creedence, "Green River". One of brothers stole it when I went to Sweden one summer as an exchange kid and I've never seen it since.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 08:46 PM (5xBgn)

84 The writer of one has wrote a ton of hits
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One of the Williams boys, yes?

Nope. If it's the one I'm thinking of, he only had one really big hit of his own recording. Or at least I can only think of one offhand. Also, his mother wrote a really big hit recorded by Elvis.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 08:48 PM (Fs0KI)

85 Why was there no flaming skull behind bars when Don Lemon was arrested?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM

Because no one wants to think about flaming, head, and Don Lemon in the same sentence.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2026 08:48 PM (Wnv9h)

86 Hoyt Axton?

Posted by: Ol' Leadbottom at January 31, 2026 08:49 PM (oftw2)

87 Listening to Asleep At The Wheel at present.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 08:50 PM (5xBgn)

88 I remember using old 78s as clay pigeons. Frisbee them up while somebody else blasted them with #6.
I'm sure I should feel ashamed, because some of them were collector's items, like some Al Jolsons that I remember, but most were Spooky Hanson and that ilk.

BTW, autocucumber tried to turn "Al Jolson" into "AP Holdings".
Caught the damned thing before all of you thought I was crazier than I really am.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 08:50 PM (36QIT)

89 Hoyt Axton?

* ding ding ding *

For extra credit, name the two hit referred to in the previous comment.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 08:51 PM (Fs0KI)

90 My hi-fi was retired some years ago. Anyone want to buy a pair of Advents?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 08:51 PM (XeU6L)

91 The fact that music from the 80s and the early 90s can be considered oldies is sobering.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 31, 2026 08:55 PM (XV/Pl)

92 91 My hi-fi was retired some years ago. Anyone want to buy a pair of Advents?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 08:51 PM

My brother is a fan of musical toys. I can ask him. What type are they?

Posted by: Moonbeam at January 31, 2026 08:55 PM (rbKZ6)

93 Nope. If it's the one I'm thinking of, he only had one really big hit of his own recording. Or at least I can only think of one offhand. Also, his mother wrote a really big hit recorded by Elvis.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 08:48 PM

Mae Axton wrote Heartbreak Hotel.

Posted by: huerfano at January 31, 2026 08:56 PM (98kQX)

94 The cartoon at the top of the post is seriously clever and funny. I'll smile about it every time I think of it.
Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 08:46 PM (yTvNw)

It appeals to those with a clef palate.

...

I'll show myself out - Hey with the hands! I said I'll show myself - (door slams)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 08:57 PM (nbLIj)

95 I often hear at work someone playing a 80s 90s station that declares itself oldies

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 08:58 PM (Ia/+0)

96 He e-mailed me to admonish me for using Rose's Lime Juice instead of making my own.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:43 PM (kpS4V)

OMG, I'm dying!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 09:00 PM (h7ZuX)

97 Something!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 31, 2026 09:03 PM (AdHga)

98 fact that music from the 80s and the early 90s can be considered oldies is sobering.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I was joking with my mom about some genx comedienne who had a bit where she was in a coma. then they played tupac's "hit em up" and the woman started grooving to that.
Imagine surviving long enough to hear "Dre Day" at the grocery store

Posted by: gKWVE at January 31, 2026 09:03 PM (gKWVE)

99 He e-mailed me to admonish me for using Rose's Lime Juice instead of making my own.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:43 PM (kpS4V)

OMG, I'm dying!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 09:00 PM

Not gonna lie...I'm with CBD on this.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2026 09:05 PM (Wnv9h)

100 10 Came up on another sites forum
What do youu like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years?
A mention of The Cars first album and I agree
Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM

I was lucky enough to be a teenager in the 70s so I'll still listen to just about everything I liked back then. By way of answering MisHum's question about whether music brings me joy, I really do love upbeat music. Favorites back then were Kool & The Gang, O'Jays, EWF, Teddy Pendergrass, Boz Scaggs, Doobies, and so many others. Growing up in the South, I also love beach music. I used to make running tapes so my music had to have a good beat.

Posted by: Moonbeam at January 31, 2026 09:05 PM (rbKZ6)

101
My brother is a fan of musical toys. I can ask him. What type are they?
Posted by: Moonbeam
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I wasn't serious...they're too heavy to ship. Will have to be sold locally. But to the question, Original Utilities.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 09:05 PM (XeU6L)

102 A part of how music brings me joy, aside from the overall effect, is being able to hear how each voice/instrument and their various tempos combine to create the whole. That's why I generally prefer smaller ensembles. Acapella madrigals, chamber groups for Bach rather than full orchestras, Barber's Adagio played by a string quartet, small combo jazz, Blood Sweat and Tears, they let me hear and appreciate the parts that make the whole. (Bless my old Bose headset.)

Even as a youngster, I loved listening to Peter, Paul and Mary. What they could do with only two guitars and three voices was amazing. Listen closely to them performing 'Three Ravens', 'ASoaling', even 'I love Rock and Roll Music'. Wonderful stuff.

Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 09:05 PM (yTvNw)

103 Even as a youngster, I loved listening to Peter, Paul and Mary. What they could do with only two guitars and three voices was amazing. Listen closely to them performing 'Three Ravens', 'ASoaling', even 'I love Rock and Roll Music'. Wonderful stuff.
Posted by: JTB
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Saw them at Duke University, probably '66.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 09:08 PM (XeU6L)

104 10 Came up on another sites forum
What do youu like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years?
A mention of The Cars first album and I agree
Posted by: Skip

RUSH!

;-)

youtu.be/g_QtO0Rhp0w

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 31, 2026 09:09 PM (AdHga)

105
I wasn't serious...they're too heavy to ship. Will have to be sold locally. But to the question, Original Utilities.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Maybe he will drive on over for the pick up?

Posted by: Booji Boy at January 31, 2026 09:11 PM (4iXyU)

106 The old hymns are not so morose as I find the modern stuff. They are also much better written and even big SAT words.
I can’t find youtube stuff where I can hum along with a choir or follow the bouncing note.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 09:13 PM (S8ZfB)

107 As much as I like the 80's music, I font listen to it very much. I listen to a lot more from before and after.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 09:13 PM (zZu0s)

108 Heh. I tried an 'Old School Workout Mix' on Spotify. Immigrants Song and even some Guns and Roses, good. Then it went straight AC/DC for four songs. 'Mix'. If I wanted to listen to nothing but AC/DC I'd set it that way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 09:15 PM (zZu0s)

109 Margins are blown all to hell on this phone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 09:15 PM (zZu0s)

110 My parents had a modest collection of what I'd call "dinner party" music. Hard to define. Some jazz, some big band, some Sinatra and his ilk Lots of brass.

Still dig it today. Snazzy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 09:16 PM (jtM2q)

111 Ah, 44 I should think for taking the margins innocence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

112 Still dig it today. Snazzy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 09:

Mancini? Maybe some Al Hirt? Henry James?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 09:17 PM (zZu0s)

113 111 My parents had a modest collection of what I'd call "dinner party" music. Hard to define. Some jazz, some big band, some Sinatra and his ilk Lots of brass.
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"Rhumba With Cougat" and Denny exotica.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 09:17 PM (kpS4V)

114 MISHUM
Nice

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 31, 2026 09:17 PM (uHEbo)

115 *smoke ring*

Posted by: the margin at January 31, 2026 09:18 PM (gKWVE)

116 110 Margins are blown all to hell on this phone.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 09:15 PM (zZu0s)

Just turn it sideways, it'll be fine.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 09:18 PM (h7ZuX)

117 What the heck is this?!!!
Diggin' it though...
Nothin' but the bass, but the bass, no treble🎶🎶.....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 09:19 PM (LNeRu)

118 Enjoy your temporary freedom, The Margins.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 09:19 PM (kpS4V)

119 102-I wasn't serious...they're too heavy to ship. Will have to be sold locally. But to the question, Original Utilities.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 09:05 PM

Aren't you near Asheville? I'm in Raleigh.

Posted by: Moonbeam at January 31, 2026 09:21 PM (rbKZ6)

120 I always like Rush, had but not sure if still have the albums.
Very long ago, use to have 4 cubes of albums. 1 dot seriously wet in a internal pipe break and didn't lnow it for a long time.the cube of albums all fused together and tossed it. So generally I know what albums I ever bought and if I don't have it now it was in that pile. Have all my LZ albums, most Pink Floyd.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 09:21 PM (Ia/+0)

121 What's this? How could you start a music thread without me? Just because I had to take a nap.

I know that I took my girl to see Three Dog Night in Tulsa sometime in the late '60s. Wish my memories weren't all so forgotten. Of both concerts and dates. I know they did their then-big hits. Of course.

Went to search on "Three Dog Night Tulsa" and what came up was… performances in 2025 and scheduled for 2026. I can't imagine! 🥺 Well, concert archive sites don't show 3DN in Tulsa then. My memory may be worse than I thought.

Posted by: mindful webworker - how would I know what I don't know? at January 31, 2026 09:22 PM (j02Vi)

122 Aren't you near Asheville? I'm in Raleigh.
Posted by: Moonbeam
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Yes, Asheville. But, that's a 4 hour drive.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 09:23 PM (XeU6L)

123 I already mentioned 3 dog night.
Other favorite bands would be Lynyrd Skynyrd, Credence Clearwater, the Stones, ZZ Top, Simon and Garfunkel because of their great harmony together. But there were lots of great songs back in the day. Those days were fun times and the music I listened to brings back those memories.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 09:24 PM (E7+ue)

124 So, was the 3 dog night song pre-climate retardedness🤪?

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 09:24 PM (LNeRu)

125 I was listening to a new for me country-ish band called, 49 Winchester, driving into work today. A band located waaayyyy down in SW Virginia, otherwise known as Real Virginia. They are very, very, good.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 31, 2026 09:24 PM (AdHga)

126 I better call it a night. I really shouldn't stay up past my curfew
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 09:27 PM (Ia/+0)

127 Booker T & The MGs

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 09:28 PM (ZxPkt)

128 Blues, Caldonia:

1.
youtube.com/watch?v=ugpfDcS-sGs

2.
youtube.com/watch?v=wZ_aCGKP7Gs

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 09:28 PM (cW1mv)

129 Oh! MisHum! Gosh...I was expecting some Ds or other...
Lovely to see you dear one❣!
I know you don't remember me, but I certainly remember you!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 09:29 PM (LNeRu)

130 Anyone else conduct the music they're listening to? I do it without realizing. I also vocalize, hopefully softly, even with instrumentals. Again, not aware I'm doing it. It's not until I see my wife smiling at me that I become aware. Glad she is tolerant. (I do have to be careful in public.)

There are times I don't hold back. I love matching the bass riff that opens the Barney Miller theme song and the tuba intro to the music in Patton. And I love singing along with the Grinch song from the original cartoon. It was a big deal when I could match Thurl Ravenscroft's deep voice as a teenager.

Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 09:32 PM (yTvNw)

131 62 Does anyone else here collect old hymnals? I read them as poems.
Posted by: Accomack at
I wouldn't say I collect hymnals, but I have a shelf full.

1940 Episcopal hymnal is my favorite by far.
Posted by: Bigsmith at January 31, 2026 08:29 PM (1Au9i)

My wife has put together a good collection of hymnals. My favorite is the old red 1940 Lutheran Hymnal.

I have a copy of a Sacred Harp collection. Fascinating because it’s a good collection of 19th century hymns, but a completely different collection than all of the other hymnals.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 09:32 PM (IUuBi)

132 Why was there no flaming skull behind bars when Don Lemon was arrested?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (R86kT)

Because we knew he would be released immediately with no bail?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 09:32 PM (cwGMH)

133 Why was there no flaming skull behind bars when Don Lemon was arrested?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (R86kT)

Because he's already a flaming faggot?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 09:37 PM (lpTXP)

134 Aww...Frank. A musical genius taken from us to early. I often think of what he would be doing now.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 09:37 PM (uvB+6)

135 Margins just had vaginoplasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 09:38 PM (zZu0s)

136 Just a lurker, but need to sneak in for the beauty of the 1941 Lutheran hymnal. Lovingly called the TLH. I collect hymnals. So many beautiful hymns out there.

Posted by: Quirky bookworm at January 31, 2026 09:39 PM (JFaIe)

137 134 pawn

Same! The best thing I miss about MisHum is Zappa December...I still cry😥...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 09:42 PM (LNeRu)

138 I mentioned The Armed Forces Hymnal, I originally had three copys of that. One of them, I personally handed to (like him or dislike him, Glenn Beck). His promoter later sent me an email saying that Beck sang a few selections sotto voce on the plane home.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 09:43 PM (XeU6L)

139 Thank you for filling in tonight! Love the playlist, esp. "Out in the Country," Three Dog Night Live!!!!

Mike Hammer, let us organize a Moron Meet-Up in Raleigh this spring . . .

Posted by: AccentuateThePositive at January 31, 2026 09:43 PM (jYVXj)

140 Shit Man.Lamont died.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 31, 2026 09:44 PM (WF/xn)

141 Rhe Sanford and Son theme was one of the best. Quincy Jones I think.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 09:47 PM (lpTXP)

142 So many beautiful hymns out there.
Posted by: Quirky bookworm
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When visiting other denominations, I look through the hymnal, to see what composers are there. Lately, Seventh Day Adventist. Many, many hymns in there by Wesley.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 09:48 PM (XeU6L)

143 Men in Black is on. A very fun movie. And Linda Fiorentino is hot. Weird career
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"Guess I'm going to have to buy the White Album again" was a good line, although the tiny-disc tech didn't anticipate the real tech we have today.

https://bit.ly/no-one-expects-the-future

Posted by: mindful webworker - flashy-thingied at January 31, 2026 09:49 PM (j02Vi)

144 eBay has lots of 1941 hymnals but few 1940 versions. Might there be a reason?

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 09:51 PM (S8ZfB)

145 I still have my LP's, about a hundred of them. Even have some 45's, along with my CD's. Tapes don't last. I keep my LP's in two cabinets that my speakers set on.I've had kids ask me what those things are. I just tell them that's my music.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 09:52 PM (E7+ue)

146 Would that be the Evangelical Lutheran Synod?

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 09:52 PM (S8ZfB)

147 "Guess I'm going to have to buy the White Album again" was a good line, although the tiny-disc tech didn't anticipate the real tech we have today.

https://bit.ly/no-one-expects-the-future
Posted by: mindful webworker - flashy-thingied at January 31, 2026 09:49 PM (j02Vi)

One of the IT techs was rooting around in a cubical looking for a physical fault in the system, wearing those glasses with a flashlight on the side. He came up for air when I went by, and I said, "Eeek! Locutus!" which did not make him smile.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 09:54 PM (rbvCR)

148 Three Dog Night in concert was pretty good.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 09:56 PM (LHPAg)

149 The Methodist hymnal is probably some of the best church music. It is often scored in six voices and many of t he core hymns were written by John and Charles Wesley.
He is accused of stealing Welsh music to put new lyrics to, but the music is beautiful wherever it comes from.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 09:59 PM (rbvCR)

150 Went to see the Melania movie last night.
It was great.
Especially the music.
Go see it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:59 PM (2Ez/1)

151 I will rummage more tomorrow but sleep beckons

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 10:04 PM (S8ZfB)

152 Trouble brewing. Thread Stomp

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 31, 2026 10:04 PM (Rmwng)

153 or I should say Treble brewing

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 31, 2026 10:04 PM (Rmwng)

154 🎶 🎹 amateur hour again

('Tisn't Easy Being) Agondonter
It can be hard to live in faith.
Link in nic. Should play from 12:38 to 15:44 in the vid.
A cut from Mindful Webworkshop #2, 2016 Aug 19

🌅

Posted by: mindful webworker - those who believe without seeing at January 31, 2026 10:04 PM (j02Vi)

155 Love that 3 dog night song! It’s crazy that 3 Dog Night seems to be almost a forgotten group now; in the early to mid 70’s they were on every radio constantly. I’ve read that when the acts for Woodstock were booked, 3 Dog Night was considered to be the biggest group they had playing there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 07:59 PM (IUuBi)

In my fragile memory, they started in the late '60s. They had a ton of hits before 1970. They went on through, I think, basically '75-'76. They had a good ten year run as a commercial success. And they did pretty well on the touring side, too. At one point, they had their own airplane for touring, not a corporate jet mind you, a 727 or something.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (gKDq2)

156 "What do youu like to listen to from long ago, like teenage years?"

I'm one of those nuts who loves classical music. My favorite albums from my teenage years were the recording of Debussy's Nocturnes by the Boston Symphony, conducted by Pierre Monteux. Absolutely exquisite. I also loved the recording of the Brandenburg Concertos by the Collegium Musicum, one of the first period-instrument ensembles. And the recording by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra was a favorite, too.

In those days, you could get a great LP for $2 from RCA, Columbia, Angel, Deutsche Gramophone, or London. Another $2 label was Nonesuch, a great source for oddities - everything from medieval music to Joshua Rifkin's recordings of Scott Joplin's piano rags. Those were the days!

Posted by: Nemo at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (4RPgu)

157 I'll show myself out - Hey with the hands! I said I'll show myself - (door slams)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 08:57 PM (nbLIj)

Nah. He's with me.

Posted by: RickZ, Club ONT VIP at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (gKDq2)

158 I'm one of those nuts who loves classical music.

Posted by: Nemo at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (4RPgu)

When I was in high school, my friend turned me on to Holst's The Planets, Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony. Love that recording so much I bought the cd. He also turned me on to Mozart, even his operas. Have a 3-cd set of his symphonies.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 10:18 PM (gKDq2)

159 oh, hay

Alfredo Romero, a human rights attorney in Venezuela reports that 310 political prisoners were released since January 8 2026 until today. He thanks the influence of President Donald Trump over Venezuelan Chavism.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

Hobby Thread - January 31, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies (TM) a spin it landed on sea shells.

Best wishes to Morons in the midst of the current weather event. Feel free to check in with weather reports.

[Top photo: Tasmania]

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What are you hobbying?

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. Discussion of current events, religion and politics can elsewhere. Pants are optional. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice. Don't be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Let's thing warm thoughts and talk sea shells. Like snowflakes, no two are exactly the same. They fuel the ultimate beach scavenger hunt. No matter how many you have or have seen, there always might be one more gem hidden in plain sight, just waiting to be discovered.

Where are your favorite shelling beaches?

What have been your favorite finds?

How do you display collected shells?

Share your stories of shelling!

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Where do seashells come from?

Shells are simply skeletons of animals, the remains of dead organisms. But unlike humans and most other animals, these mollusks, such as snails, clams, oysters and mussels, have an exoskeleton, meaning it's on the outside of their bodies.
The process of making a shell is known as biomineralization. How marine animals build their shells can vary greatly depending on the species, but all of these animals have special tissues to make their shells, just as humans have special tissues to grow and strengthen our bones.
Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges and microorganisms use another compound silica. There is also a group of brachiopods that build shells using calcium phosphate, which we use to build our bones, too.
More than 50,000 mollusk species live today on our planet, and most of them make shells. But each species makes a different shell. This accounts for the huge variety of shapes and sizes in the seashells you find on the beach.

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Shells of Sanibel and Captiva, Florida (click to embiggen):

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Sand dollar facts:

Living sand dollars are not white. They're usually brown, gray, or even have a purplish tint, with tiny, fuzzy spines covering their bodies.
They're related to starfish and are burrowing sea urchins.
Sand dollars eat using tiny hair-like structures called cilia, which move food particles to their mouth on the bottom side.
They can burrow into the sand to protect themselves from rough waters or predators.
Like tree rings, sand dollars' ages can be determined by counting the growth rings on their exoskeleton.
Sand dollars typically live for 6-10 years.

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Horde hobbying from PA Dutchman:

This is a Type 1 Chi-He medium tank from Fine Molds. Only 170 were built and all were kept on the home islands, mainly Kyushu, in anticipation of Operation Olympic. They were the first Japanese tank to include a radio as standard equipment and a mechanism to raise and lower the gun barrel.

Outstanding!

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Impressive. Pretty amazing that the guy still has all his fingers. I couldn't tell how the threads were added but maybe that's a trade secret.

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did an wood carving and tools theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Bonus content carryover:

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Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

Comments

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

2 For beach fjnds, sharks teeth were the best. At Myrtle Beach shells are fairly easy to find

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:33 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Oh look. Off in the distance. Natalie Wood!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026 05:34 PM (uQesX)

4 Where are your favorite shelling beaches?

Normandy.

Posted by: Ike at January 31, 2026 05:35 PM (uQesX)

5 PA Dutchman great job on that Japanese tank, half expected a teenage girl Commander pop out

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:36 PM (Ia/+0)

6 "She sells sea shells, by the sea shore . . ."

I hope she has another source of income. If she's at a sea shore, seems to me customers could pick up some themselves for free.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

7 Where are your favorite shelling beaches?

Normandy.
Posted by: Ike at January 31, 2026 05:35 PM (uQesX)
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We can shut down the blog. We're done here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 31, 2026 05:38 PM (ESVrU)

8 That's a lot of shells.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 31, 2026 05:38 PM (ULPxl)

9 Skip, ha! Fine Molds does make a series of tanks based on Girls und Panzer.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 05:38 PM (h/O4U)

10 What's up with the white star on the front of the Chi-He tank?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 31, 2026 05:39 PM (0N4FZ)

11 I work in an office full of rockhounds. And Idaho is a great place for rockhounds. I have a feeling I will soon be a rockhound too.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 31, 2026 05:39 PM (0aYVJ)

12 Spots in the Appalachian mountains in Pa you can find shells, millions of year old of course, well the left over fossils at least

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:40 PM (Ia/+0)

13 Shops along the MS Gulf Coast used to sell sand dollars. I haven't been out that way in a while. The last time I went, not too long after Hurricane Katrina, a lot of those shops had been wiped away. Almost certainly more have sprung up since.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:40 PM (wzUl9)

14 Back in the day, we'd vaca down in Sarasota, FL on Siesta Key. My dad was an avid shell collector and we'd make a few runs over to Sanibel Island.

Very cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 05:41 PM (jtM2q)

15 I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the beach shown in the top photo doesn't exactly smell like a bed of roses.

Posted by: Orson at January 31, 2026 05:41 PM (dIske)

16 Mister Scott, the star designates Imperial Japanese Army and were usually gold or white. IJN vehicles sported an anchor instead.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 05:42 PM (h/O4U)

17 The sand dollars are from phylum Echinodermata.

Essentially, the entire phylum has 5-fold symmetry (as adults).

That has persisted since the Cambrian, over 500 million years ago.

God definitely ascribes to the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." school of thought.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2026 05:42 PM (HlyYF)

18 The sand dollars remind me of the Legend of the Sand Dollar. First saw that as a kid in Rehoboth.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 05:43 PM (h/O4U)

19 Afternoon, TRex and Hobby Horde. Hobbying, or puttering? I am making a wall rack for some half-inch drive sockets, mounting on the garage wall above the workbench. Four feet of redwood one by three. Drilled shallow holes for most of the deep impact sockets; the remaining odd deep and and shallow impact sockets are going to have to sit on wood screws. Because drilling holes is tedious.

The restoration of Duane's '51 Studebaker 2-door proceeds apace. The bullet nose and front bumper, with splash panel, are now securely installed, and the front of the body looks nearly complete. All the glass is installed, and the windows that open, can be opened. New front springs are installed.

Back to the salt mines I go.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 05:44 PM (8zz6B)

20 PA Dutchman, your tank model looks very realistic, as if Dr. Cyclops had turned his shrinking ray on the Chi-He tank and reduced it to model size. In the last days of my own model-building career, I discovered how high quality Tamiya 1/35 scale tanks were -- the King Tiger and the West German Leopard were the ones I built. And that was decades ago. I can only presume the craft has gotten even better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:44 PM (wzUl9)

21 Enjoyed the woodcarving video.

He's has a great bunch of power tools and workshop.

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at January 31, 2026 05:47 PM (PoaF2)

22 2 For beach fjnds, sharks teeth were the best. At Myrtle Beach shells are fairly easy to find

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:33 PM

I grew up in Kansas, far, far away from any ocean beaches.

We also found shark's teeth in our youth ... weathering out of our Cretaceous chalk formations.

75 million years old, and look almost exactly like the ones you found on the beach!

Pelosi only wishes she aged that well.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2026 05:48 PM (HlyYF)

23 Wolfus Aurelius, thank you! The tooling on kits is getting better and better. My understanding with Fine Molds is that they got the original schematics for Japanese armor, which helped them create some incredible kits. Tamiya kits are just amazing though and their customer service is really good. I lost a headlight to a Panzer II and they sent me several replacements free of charge.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 05:49 PM (h/O4U)

24 Mister Scott, the star designates Imperial Japanese Army and were usually gold or white. IJN vehicles sported an anchor instead.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 05:42 PM

I thought they were always yellow/gold not white.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 31, 2026 05:49 PM (0N4FZ)

25 My father was a skin diver at night inside the ref at Guam in the 1968-59s. He was stationed there before he was transferred to Japan.

He collected shells live. The snail innards he got rid of. I cringe a little because he collected a lot of shells.

He has a 6 foot high balsa wood and thin glass cabinet handmade in Japan to display a portion of his shells.

Lots of cone shells, cowries, spider shells, conchs, miter shells and more. In addition, he traded with a sailor in Cuba for a number of brightly colored Cuban land snails.

NotSoThoreau has seen the cabinet, still filled with shells, after moving from Japan to California, then Germany, back to California, over to Maryland, and now in Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 05:49 PM (u82oZ)

26 But if she sells them, she can pick and choose in off hours and then present a preprepared selection to busy people who do nkt have time to dig in the sand.

Plus, back in the day, people went to beaches in nice clothes. They probably did nkt want to get them dirty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

27 Wolfus Aurelius, thank you! The tooling on kits is getting better and better. My understanding with Fine Molds is that they got the original schematics for Japanese armor, which helped them create some incredible kits. Tamiya kits are just amazing though and their customer service is really good. I lost a headlight to a Panzer II and they sent me several replacements free of charge.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026

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I'd love to redo the King Tiger model. (Does Tamiya still make it?) But I have cats and no separate room, or space, to work on models away from them. I have a 1959 Pyro kit of a Cowpuncher figure with hat and saddle, marketed as the "Gil Favor of Rawhide" figure. But where to work on it?

A Japanese company model of a U-Boat would be super-neat, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:53 PM (wzUl9)

28 Plus, back in the day, people went to beaches in nice clothes. They probably did nkt want to get them dirty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

But they still sat in the sand without a blanket.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026 05:54 PM (uQesX)

29 Does commenting obsessively on AoSHQ count as a hobby?

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 05:54 PM (77rzZ)

30 Growing up, the variety of shells was my go-to science project, as I spun stories of the poisonous cone shells (the CIA investigated the venom) and the money cowries. 5,000 for a wife, and 10,000 for a cow in certain African nation. My story, and sticking to it.

One of the reasons I became a scientist was because of the shows on sea shells.

For Christmas I gave away a money cowrie each to two neighborhood girls. One a preschooler and the other in 1st Grade. They were thrilled.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 05:54 PM (u82oZ)

31 I think screws manufactured on an industrial scale usually have the threads rolled on, while smaller-scale operations use threading dies or single-point cutting.

I don't know where the cutoff point is where rolling becomes more economical. I do know that rolled threads are typically stronger than cut ones.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 05:54 PM (IG3/x)

32 We brought home seashells from Long Beach Island in 2004 that still decorate my succulent garden.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 05:54 PM (RIvkX)

33 But if she sells them, she can pick and choose in off hours and then present a preprepared selection to busy people who do nkt have time to dig in the sand.

Plus, back in the day, people went to beaches in nice clothes. They probably did nkt want to get them dirty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026

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Ah, a boutique in a niche market.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:54 PM (wzUl9)

34 Does commenting obsessively on AoSHQ count as a hobby?
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026

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Yes.

No.

Maybe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)

35 30 One of the reasons I became a scientist was because of the shows on sea shells.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 05:54 PM
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Love this.

Posted by: TRex - exoskeleton dino at January 31, 2026 05:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

36 Tamiya does still make the King Tiger and I've seen a kit that includes a motorcycle and courier. I just saw the other day that the Tank Museum in Bovington, UK is starting a massive project to restore a King TIger.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 05:57 PM (h/O4U)

37 With luck and no snow storms I am going to Lancaster next Friday and Saturday for HMGS Cold Wars convention for miniature games

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:58 PM (Ia/+0)

38 33 The use of “boutique” and “niche” in the same comment constitutes the use of too much French on the blog. Which is forbidden here, like math and the Metric System.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 05:58 PM (77rzZ)

39 I will make an offer to the Horde. If you ask me, I will send you one of the shells in my Dad's collection.

The rest of the family is not interested, and after I go, all this will likely be trashed.

My email (in ROT-13) is: AnPyl_qbt@xfoebnqonaq.arg. Send a mailing address to this. And no Somalians can apply.

Just one shell. If this is a success, I may repeat it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 05:59 PM (u82oZ)

40 Should be all clear, Skip. It looks like we may even break into the 30's!

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 06:01 PM (h/O4U)

41 Shops along the MS Gulf Coast used to sell sand dollars.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

How much are your clams?

Two clams apiece.

I'll take six.

(Old BC cartoon)

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 06:01 PM (cYBz/)

42 One shell, only, Vasili.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 06:02 PM (77rzZ)

43 Plus, back in the day, people went to beaches in nice clothes. They probably did nkt want to get them dirty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026
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But they still sat in the sand without a blanket.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026

***
When Miss Linda visited S. Korea in late 1999, she said local people went hiking in the parks wearing dress clothes. Reminds me of 1930s-40s British movies where men and women would wear tweed suits to walk on the moors.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 06:02 PM (wzUl9)

44 Seashells... yeah. Have the matched sides of a giant clamshell - about 2+ feet across. Heavy, too...

Have them displayed with some Japanese and Russian glass floats we picked up while living in Alaska...

Posted by: man at January 31, 2026 06:03 PM (XuXeR)

45 Heh … WX reports? Yoo choke, jess … ? There is but One Weather, and its Name is Cold. I can't name a single body part that's not approaching 32°F about now - and we're supposed to go lower. Need proof? Here's the forecast:

TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a chance of flurries. Cold with lows around 13. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows around 19. South winds around 5 mph.

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2026 06:03 PM (ayRl+)

46 In honor of our new state, I bought a Greenland spindle. It's basically a large bead whorl made of steatite. I don't know if they really used these but it will be fun to mess around with.

I can testify that Salty will never be able to move out of his house

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 06:03 PM (+mUZM)

47 Do you know the way to Shell Beach?

Posted by: Obscure Dark City Reference at January 31, 2026 06:03 PM (ESVrU)

48 Tamiya does still make the King Tiger and I've seen a kit that includes a motorcycle and courier. I just saw the other day that the Tank Museum in Bovington, UK is starting a massive project to restore a King TIger.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026

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That sounds terrific and very tempting.

I'd love to do up a Land Rover or Toyota Land Cruiser, ca. 1950 or so, as a white hunter's vehicle in Kenya before the Mau Mau Emergency.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 06:05 PM (wzUl9)

49 Wolfus Aurelius

I want to wear a reproduction of a Victorian Dandy outfit, with a bowler hat. Then run into a store and ask what year it is. When told, I will yell 'It worked!" and dash out.

To pretend to go back in time, I guess I would need to look at the Pet Shop Boys outfits in some of their crazy video. Same line, however.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:05 PM (u82oZ)

50 @ 47 Do you know the way to Shell Beach?
__________________

No, but I can find Biloxi without a road map …

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2026 06:06 PM (ayRl+)

51 Sort of craft-related. Little's favorite hoodie had its drawstring pulled out. I had an idea and threaded an old guitar string (I think it was the B) through the hoodie, attached the drawstring to one end, and pulled the whole thing through.

This is why I never throw anything out...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 06:07 PM (nbLIj)

52 There's always a few shells about the house, but we are more sea glass people, having been raised on New England's rockiest beeches.
Picture up top reminded me of Moonstone beach in RI.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 31, 2026 06:08 PM (sl73Y)

53 Grew tired of working in the garage workroom with it's concrete floors so I moved into the 3rd unfinished upstairs bedroom where we store our Christmas decorations and sundries. I have a large wooden table and extra lighting to work on crafts. I'm currently fashioning paper flowers using origami paper. Roses, daffodils, tulips, lavender and crocuses so far. They will be sold to raise money for our Altar Society.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 31, 2026 06:09 PM (2NHgQ)

54 No but if you hum a few bars, I can fake it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 06:09 PM (zZu0s)

55 Notsothoreau

Do you need large TravelPro luggage cases? Getting two of them ready to donate. My late wife had an amazing amount of luggage.

More that that. A grunch.

If you want one or both I could hold them aside and drop them off. These are basically new in box big luggage items.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:09 PM (u82oZ)

56 OrangeEnt

You need to send your Ike comment to Doof. It is clearly one of the best this entire week.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:11 PM (u82oZ)

57 Thought I saw snow Friday

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

58 To segue from the Pet Thread ... my sister had a dog that LOVED the beach. Jump in the water, try to take home half-rotted crab carcasses, etc. We were at Ruby Beach on the Pacific Coast which is not a great location for finding shells, but there were some interesting rocks. As we were looking around, picking up rocks, showing each other interesting rocks, the poor dog was sniffing like her very life depended on it. She *could not tell* what made a rock interesting! This was important! Everybody but her knew!

It was quite funny.

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at January 31, 2026 06:13 PM (aNX55)

59 I bought a fossilized clam once long ago. it weighs a half ounce. It doesn't look like much until you see the band of opal in the stone filling the shell.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 31, 2026 06:15 PM (qo38o)

60 @ 57 Thought I saw snow Friday
_________________________________

No, that was JOE Friday …

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2026 06:17 PM (ayRl+)

61 Tamiya does still make the King Tiger and I've seen a kit that includes a motorcycle and courier. I just saw the other day that the Tank Museum in Bovington, UK is starting a massive project to restore a King TIger.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 05:57 PM

I picked up the Tamiya 1/16th RC King Tiger on a port visit to Hong Kong once back in the 80s. A buddy and I each bought one and we got it for about 1/2 the price we would have paid in our homeport of Yokosuka Japan. That thing was a beast to put together. It had individual track links and tons of metal parts. It was a blast to drive around when I finally got it done. Sadly it did not survive the move back to the US.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 31, 2026 06:19 PM (0N4FZ)

62 OrangeEnt

You need to send your Ike comment to Doof. It is clearly one of the best this entire week.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:11 PM (u82oZ)

Is that protocol, sending in your own comment to get a comment of the week? I thought I had some good zingers the last couple of weeks, but they weren't CoW.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026 06:19 PM (uQesX)

63
Radar is still showing some little spots of snow around Lake City, FL. I saw that pop up earlier, and looked on X, and saw some videos of flurries falling around there.

The models are pushing the freeze line pretty damned close to Miami tonight, too. I'm seeing 30 - 32F around Pensacola. Orlando is 41F.

And I'm 19F. Snow has petered out. I figured about 6" here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 06:20 PM (w6EFb)

64 OrangeEnt

Fine.

I will ask tRex to do it. He's an insider. He has clout.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:21 PM (u82oZ)

65 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Some Global warming would be nice now. And why does the Canadian government hate global warming?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:22 PM (u82oZ)

66 Hello frozen friends! You can find pretty shells on Gulf Shores. In fact today is a great day to do it because of the winds, however you will be an icicle for your efforts.

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2026 06:24 PM (OoFl2)

67 I keep looking at RC Tanks, but do I need one?

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

68 64 I will ask tRex to do it. He's an insider. He has clout.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:21 PM
***
Handled.

Posted by: TRex - the first rule of COW is not to acknowledge COW at January 31, 2026 06:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

69 I keep looking at RC Tanks, but do I need one?

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:24 PM

That's like asking if you need a new gun, of course you do.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 31, 2026 06:25 PM (0N4FZ)

70 Thanks, TRex.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:26 PM (u82oZ)

71 I'd like to try the British Mark VII from Tamiya someday. Looks like a fun kit and I've never built anything motorized.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 31, 2026 06:26 PM (h/O4U)

72 I bought a fossilized clam once long ago.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 31, 2026 06:15 PM (qo38o)

Was her name Mabel? Marge? Estelle?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 06:26 PM (zZu0s)

73 I keep looking at RC Tanks, but do I need one?
Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

I am doing the same thinking about motorcycles. Ewetub is a siren song.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 06:27 PM (zZu0s)

74 Aetius451AD

Mildred or Beulah.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:29 PM (u82oZ)

75 Meaningless yet somehow unimportant wondrement: Ever think how much less cool the Ju-87 'Stuka' (Sturzkampfflugzeug) would have been had it not been possessed of its spatted wheels … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2026 06:29 PM (ayRl+)

76 Mildred or Beulah.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:29 PM (u82oZ)

Astrid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

77
It's close to freezing around Tallahassee, too. There is a chance, a slight chance of a few snowflakes in Tampa later on, too. They'll go wild over one snowflake. It's gonna be hitting freezing in Orlando around midnight, from the models.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 06:29 PM (w6EFb)

78 They will be sold to raise money for our Altar Society.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

That's great!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 31, 2026 06:30 PM (qo38o)

79 Rhonda. Aldetha(sp?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

80 This is a horrible photo... taken over a 20 years ago. But what you're looking at are GHQ "MicroArmor" miniatures used for wargaming.

Each one of the Sherman tanks will sit on a dime. Enlarge.

https://ibb.co/GXpsVQH

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 06:31 PM (jtM2q)

81 Yeah but a gun is easier to talk yourself into

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:31 PM (Ia/+0)

82 I will ask tRex to do it. He's an insider. He has clout.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:21 PM
***
Handled.
Posted by: TRex - the first rule of COW is not to acknowledge COW at January 31, 2026 06:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

(blushes)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026 06:31 PM (uQesX)

83 Speaking of which , have yet to try my 1860 Colt replica

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:32 PM (Ia/+0)

84 Despite my medical indisposition, I did see Friday’s Art.

Those were some tiny ‘uns. Bulg no likey.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 06:32 PM (77rzZ)

85 What? no she sells sea shells by the seashore. Come on, people.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 06:32 PM (0KSrI)

86 Shells were such a fun part of my growing up on the beach. Some, like the snail shells, had some neat shapes and colors. If you were lucky you could find one that had split in half so you could see the chambers. Cool stuff when you're five or six. If you were really lucky you would find a sand dollar washed up in the shallows. Never saw a live one as they stayed deep but their shells might wash ashore. Finding neat looking shells in the shallows was safer for kids too little to go into deeper water. Must have been a relief for our parents.

The bigger clam shells, like quahogs, were more useful than just fun to look at. The surfaces could be painted and they were the right size to be used as a small ashtray. I think almost every house in town had a few for that purpose.

Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 06:32 PM (yTvNw)

87 I havent read the comments yet but in case no one has mentioned it yet, there is a beach by Casey Key FL where shark tooths end up for some reason . It's pretty cool . People go over it every morning for new ones.

Posted by: Big Alfredo at January 31, 2026 06:34 PM (8cPKb)

88 Carving dude is a beastmaster. I am in awe. Patience and vision and focus executed with precision. Nice.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 06:35 PM (oT7pT)

89 Pigs qua hogs give us delicious pork products.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 06:35 PM (77rzZ)

90 Beside beach searching, body board is fun

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:35 PM (Ia/+0)

91 Stone carvers and wood carvers see the finished project in the medium before the first cut.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 06:36 PM (0KSrI)

92 87 A lady at my former church grew up in Florida, and had a collection of shark teeth from the beaches.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 06:37 PM (77rzZ)

93 @ 90 Beside beach searching, body board is fun
_______________________________________________

'Body board' sounds as if it could also have a 'dark side' …

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2026 06:38 PM (ayRl+)

94 That one snake at the bottom? Poisonous?

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 06:39 PM (LHPAg)

95 The Body Board carefully examined Ms. Sweeney to ensure she qualified.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 06:43 PM (77rzZ)

96 The best shelling was on a beach near Cairns, Australia. They were all so pretty and different. I keep them in a jar with sand from Myrtle Beach and a sea heart from Matagorda. Very different beaches, but they all have meaning to me.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 06:46 PM (lpTXP)

97 94 That one snake at the bottom? Poisonous?
Posted by: Eromero

that's VENOMous, cockboy

Posted by: Reddit at January 31, 2026 06:46 PM (gKWVE)

98 25 million years ago Florida was completely under water. The beach was halfway up in Georgia. You can find sharks teeth, sand dollars, and seashells in middle Georgia if you know where to look.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 06:47 PM (vFG9F)

99 No, but thank you for asking! I have trunks, foot lockers and wardrobe trunks. That's my storage

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 06:48 PM (+mUZM)

100 Made lots of sand sculpture at beach as well, no digital pictures of any

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:48 PM (Ia/+0)

101 The sand dollars are from phylum Echinodermata.
Essentially, the entire phylum has 5-fold symmetry (as adults).
That has persisted since the Cambrian, over 500 million years ago.
God definitely ascribes to the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." school of thought.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

DNA is a programming language. He is a apparently a big fan of "code reuse."

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 06:49 PM (VHUov)

102 fd, no possibility that those came from east of Georgia?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 06:49 PM (0KSrI)

103 We found a rock with a seashell fossil on our property in central TX. It was a cool find.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 06:50 PM (lpTXP)

104 95 Not only did she qualify, but Ms. Sweeney was named Chairman of the Body Board!

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 06:51 PM (77rzZ)

105 I don't recall anyone collecting shells as a hobby. Probably because they were so common in our area. Wonder if it was more popular in the middle of the country.

It was not unusual to have a conch shell picked up on a trip to Florida and brought back home. That was the kind of shell you could hold to your ear to 'hear the ocean'.

Posted by: JTB at January 31, 2026 06:51 PM (yTvNw)

106 "fd, no possibility that those came from east of Georgia?
Posted by: Ben Had"

Nope. There are Kaolin mines in middle Ga that are a result of the sediment along the ancient coastline. You can even find whale fossils there.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

107 Barely ScaryMary, I have found one in gravel for the driveway.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 06:52 PM (0KSrI)

108 Nope. There are Kaolin mines in middle Ga that are a result of the sediment along the ancient coastline. You can even find whale fossils there.
Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

Stop desecrating our family burial grounds!

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at January 31, 2026 06:54 PM (uQesX)

109 I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the beach shown in the top photo doesn't exactly smell like a bed of roses.
Posted by: Orson
************
Surprisingly, there was no smell/odor at that beach. Kelvedon Beach, on the eastern side of Tasmania. Best part? Those perfect shells went down about 2-3 feet. Almost like someone dumped tons of perfect shells on the beach. And yes, many came home with us....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 31, 2026 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

110 Not only did she qualify, but Ms. Sweeney was named Chairman of the Body Board!
Posted by: Bulg

Ironic, since she's not at all board-like.

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 06:59 PM (VHUov)

111 When I was growing up my family went to Neah Bay, Washington every summer. We camped on the beach on the Indian reservation. I still have sea shells I collected there.

One summer we found several glass balls of all sizes on the beach. One was as big as a bowling ball. They were hand blown of thick greenish blue glass.

These were floats used for fishing nets in Japan. They would get swept into a current during storms and could circle the Pacific Ocean for years before coming ashore.

Several years ago I gifted a small one that I still had to a lady from Japan who visited us. I love to think of it making that long journey across the ocean from Japan and then many, many years later being taken back there again.

Posted by: NancyB. at January 31, 2026 07:00 PM (jojaI)

112 *waves at The Grateful *

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 07:00 PM (0KSrI)

113 103 We found a rock with a seashell fossil on our property in central TX. It was a cool find.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 06:50 PM (lpTXP)
I picked up one this morning under my shed.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 07:03 PM (LHPAg)

114 97 94 That one snake at the bottom? Poisonous?
Posted by: Eromero

that's VENOMous, cockboy
Posted by: Reddit at January 31, 2026 06:46 PM (gKWVE)
Poisonous, venomous, whatever.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 07:05 PM (LHPAg)

115
3D globe of Erf going back 750 million years ago.

You can see Florida underwater about 20 million years ago.

You would recognize the planet way back.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 07:06 PM (w6EFb)

116 Beaches from Delaware to Florida, if there's lots of shells wear shoes.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 07:06 PM (LHPAg)

117 Today's hobby was doing the monthly computer backup.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2026 07:08 PM (CHHv1)

118 A millenia later we get sea shells and shark teeth. A decade from now there will be trash from China and India.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 07:08 PM (0KSrI)

119 I saw the Pieta in person. Good lord that had to be hair raising to carve that. Its so intricate, and one wrong move turns it to junk.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 07:10 PM (snZF9)

120
Well, like a nut, I forgot to paste the link:
https://is.gd/la5Zks

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 07:10 PM (w6EFb)

121 Berserker, that is a life memory.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 07:11 PM (0KSrI)

122
90 million years ago, Antarctica was at the poles, but the climate was temperate. We were in "Greenhouse Earth", no ice caps.

Life was thriving there. What's interesting is how that life adapted to the polar days and nights. Don't know if they understand much about that or not.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 07:12 PM (w6EFb)

123 A hobby thread on fossils and one on arrowheads would be cool. I've got a bunch of both I've collected over the years. I used to have a bunch of old bottles we dug out of old dumps too, but I gave most of those to a friend who is a serious collector. I did keep a couple of nice jugs.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:12 PM (vFG9F)

124 I had a biology teacher in highschool who was into shells. He told us he paid around $200-250 for this one shell. Probably $750 in today's money. The class kinda thought he was nuts.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 07:13 PM (snZF9)

125 {Waving} at Ben Had. Hope you are doing well and staying warm.

Berserker, that is on my list, too.....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 31, 2026 07:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

126 Cumberland Island, Georgia. National Park Service National Seashore. Visitation is limited, to the point there are long stretches of time with virtually no people. At least back in the day when I was there. I would drive down the beach on some days and it was almost impossible not to run over sand dollars. Loved that place.

20 degrees and light snow in Southside VA.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 31, 2026 07:13 PM (MZ+PY)

127 In contrast to RC Cola, RC Tanks never really took off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 07:15 PM (wzUl9)

128 Berserker, that is a life memory.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 07:11 PM (0KSrI)

Yeah, between that and the ancient dead pope they had on display a few feet away its a bit of an understatement. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 07:15 PM (snZF9)

129 @103
We found a rock with a seashell fossil on our property in central TX.

When I was a kid back in the 60s I lived in the Dallas TX area.
There is a lake in Dallas called White Rock. Named after the white rocks in the area. These rocks had fossils of shells, lots of them. I remember people collecting them. Shells of an ancient sea. Really cool.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 07:16 PM (E7+ue)

130 > 90 million years ago, Antarctica was at the poles, but the climate was temperate. We were in "Greenhouse Earth", no ice caps.

Life was thriving there. What's interesting is how that life adapted to the polar days and nights. Don't know if they understand much about that or not.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 07:12 PM (w6EFb)
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The sun, our star... is variable, about every 11 years or so it waxes and wanes. Seems like that would be an important factor... but....

The sun is "the" most impactful source of weather on Earth.

IMO

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 07:16 PM (jtM2q)

131 Winter storm Gianna. Are they going to start naming rain showers?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 31, 2026 07:18 PM (2NHgQ)

132 The sun, our star... is variable, about every 11 years or so it waxes and wanes. Seems like that would be an important factor... but....

The sun is "the" most impactful source of weather on Earth.

IMO
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026

***
In one of his SF stories, Larry Niven stated the Sun was a three percent variable star. "Maybe it gets a little more variable, now and then."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 07:19 PM (wzUl9)

133 Winter storm Gianna. Are they going to start naming rain showers?
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They name "wind events" and pollen outbreaks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 07:19 PM (jtM2q)

134 Surprisingly, there was no smell/odor at that beach. Kelvedon Beach, on the eastern side of Tasmania. Best part? Those perfect shells went down about 2-3 feet. Almost like someone dumped tons of perfect shells on the beach. And yes, many came home with us....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 31, 2026 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
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That absolutely surprises me. I don't collect shells, but once a summer I'll stop by Cape May, NJ and look for "sand diamonds" which are merely pieces of quartz that spent a couple thousand years moving down the local rivers before hitting the ocean. Highly polished and not exactly easy to find. So, it's a worthy treasure experience.

Posted by: Orson at January 31, 2026 07:20 PM (dIske)

135 Berserker, that is on my list, too.....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 31, 2026 07:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

Definitely do it. Its more than just the Pieta, there is a shit ton of artistry around it. That whole place. You see these giant murals, so intricately painted, and then you find out its not paint at all, but little 1/4" squares of marble, perfectly cut, fitted, and chosen for color to make these scenes. Its completely mind blowing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 07:21 PM (snZF9)

136 Out here, the early settlers didn't have a lot of trees. They did have limestone, so that made fence posts from that. They also used it for bricks. You can see fossils in it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 07:22 PM (+mUZM)

137 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. As always, thanks for being here and playing along with our reindeer games.

See y'all in Club ONT later!

Posted by: TRex - cararra dino at January 31, 2026 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

138 Why don't they ever give storms names like "Le'Trezure" or "Travodka", or my recently acquired rap name "Emperor fd Murda a.k.a. Devious Ca".

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:24 PM (vFG9F)

139 I did keep a couple of nice jugs.
Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:12 PM (vFG9F)

You too?

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at January 31, 2026 07:25 PM (8zz6B)

140 Posted by: TRex

Thanks for all you do!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 31, 2026 07:25 PM (qo38o)

141 TRex, thank you for all you do.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 07:25 PM (0KSrI)

142 Ancients used shells to make concrete I think

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:26 PM (Ia/+0)

143 How the screw guy can possibly maintain all of that equipment is beyond me. Staggering.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 07:26 PM (XeU6L)

144 "You too?
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney"

The Horde never disappoints.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:26 PM (vFG9F)

145 "Ancients used shells to make concrete I think
Posted by: Skip"

Burn them to make lime, I think.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

146 I went to Sanibel one time in florida, back in the 80s. The whole beach seemed like it was more crushed shell than sand. That was amazing. The funnier thing was a discarded wash machine sitting by the shore line. It has a life preserver hanging over it. Not sure where it jumped ship, but there it was. I took a picture of it and stuck it in a photo album from the trip. I captioned it "it made it" lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 07:28 PM (snZF9)

147 143 How the screw guy can possibly maintain all of that equipment is beyond me. Staggering.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 07:26 PM
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Yep. The same channel has a similar video of a Japanese paper clip factory. Similar set up, same question.

Posted by: TRex - shaped dino at January 31, 2026 07:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

148 Thank you AZ and Ben Had!

Posted by: TRex -hobbying dino at January 31, 2026 07:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

149 Antebellum 'Tabby' structures were/are common on the southeastern coast:

Antebellum oyster shell cement, commonly known as tabby (or "tabbi"), was a crucial construction material used along the coastal Southeast—specifically in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida—before the Civil War. It is a form of early concrete created by burning oyster shells to create lime, which was then mixed with water, sand, ash, and broken shells to form a strong, durable, and sustainable concrete-like substance.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

150 You can find places that still use shells in their sidewalk construction like some of the coastal towns of Brazil.

Posted by: Orson at January 31, 2026 07:31 PM (dIske)

151 145 "Ancients used shells to make concrete I think
Posted by: Skip"

Burn them to make lime, I think.
Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

Marl. Part of southern agriculture for a while.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 31, 2026 07:32 PM (MZ+PY)

152 How the screw guy can possibly maintain all of that equipment is beyond me. Staggering.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 07:26 PM (XeU6L)

Its insane. keeping the machines up and running, checking screw quality, loading the coils of raw material, etc. Unreal

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 07:33 PM (snZF9)

153 I enjoy looking for fossils in the limestone on the banks of the Trinity River. Easy to find lots of little echinoids, ancient sea urchins, and it’s fun to see that same star on the top as is present in today’s sea urchins.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 07:34 PM (IUuBi)

154 I went to Sanibel one time in florida, back in the 80s. The whole beach seemed like it was more crushed shell than sand. That was amazing. The funnier thing was a discarded wash machine sitting by the shore line. It has a life preserver hanging over it. Not sure where it jumped ship, but there it was. I took a picture of it and stuck it in a photo album from the trip. I captioned it "it made it" lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 07:28 PM (snZF9)

Florida has many beaches where the sand is composed entirely of shells, often tiny critters like diatoms and foraminifera. Not surprsing when you think about it. There is no granite from which quartz sand can erode from.

Rocks comprised entirely of shells are called "coquina" and that kind of rock can make an awesome petroleum reservoir.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 07:38 PM (8zz6B)

155 I have spent the day installing various Linux distros trying to settle on one to replace window 10.

This is me commenting from brave on mint.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 07:40 PM (lrtx8)

156 "You too?
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney"

The Horde never disappoints.
Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:26 PM (vFG9F)
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If that were true, we'd only see amazing Art on the weekday Art Threads...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 31, 2026 07:44 PM (ESVrU)

157 Only laterally related, but when I was a kid I would walk the banks of tidal creeks down in SC, looking for and finding indian pottery shards. Still have a sack of them. I have been meaning to send some to USC's anthropology dept. to have them dated. I expect some are ~3000 years old.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 07:45 PM (XeU6L)

158 Wanting to make jewelry out of the seashells we picked up on Jacksonville Beach when we got JT The Wonder Dog is how I got into resin jewelry-making. I knew how to make jewelry with beads, but this was a new experience. Now I make tons of resin stuff, and last month I made a seashell barrette. Arranging seashells is harder than it looks!

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to keep crackers down at January 31, 2026 07:45 PM (Wt5PA)

159 I have spent the day installing various Linux distros trying to settle on one to replace window 10.

This is me commenting from brave on mint.
Posted by: toby928(
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Keep us informed. Sick of Windows.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 07:47 PM (XeU6L)

160 Florida has many beaches where the sand is composed entirely of shells, often tiny critters like diatoms and foraminifera. Not surprsing when you think about it. There is no granite from which quartz sand can erode from.

Rocks comprised entirely of shells are called "coquina" and that kind of rock can make an awesome petroleum reservoir.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 07:38 PM (8zz6B)

Well it definitely sucked walking on the beach with no shoes, I'll tell you that. Especially when you grew up near the jersey shore. It was like walking on glass. I heard that was gulf coast thing where florida was concerned.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 07:47 PM (snZF9)

161 A week for saying "quit fighting police or die"

GFY with your stupid algorithm Elon

Posted by: Fen at January 31, 2026 07:48 PM (ciYHQ)

162
Playing around with the 40w laser cutter, learning speed and power settings for different materials, and how to apply them for engraving to specific depths. Fun learning process.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 31, 2026 07:50 PM (QVmho)

163 "the first Japanese tank to include a mechanism to raise and lower the gun barrel."

What?

Posted by: Fen at January 31, 2026 07:54 PM (ciYHQ)

164 155 I have spent the day installing various Linux distros trying to settle on one to replace window 10.

This is me commenting from brave on mint.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Have fun. Mint, Ubuntu LTS series, and to some degree Arch (rolling distro means sometimes some problems crop up) are the most supported because businesses use them. If you were European, then Suse is fine. Most of the rest of the pack are more enthusiast oriented and require more care and feeding to keep running.

The major issue with Linux is peripheral support although that is a helluva lot better than it used to be. Printers remain a sore spot so I would stick with Brother or Epson that have native linux drivers and expect no support if trouble happens.

AMD Radeon is better supported on Linux than NVidia on graphics while Intel is still a work in progress depending on the specific model of video cards.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (2swu2)

165 Playing around with the 40w laser cutter, learning speed and power settings for different materials, and how to apply them for engraving to specific depths. Fun learning process.
Posted by: BifBewalski

I'd be careful with the "tattoo" setting.

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 07:55 PM (VHUov)

166 "the first Japanese tank to include a mechanism to raise and lower the gun barrel."

The model not the actual tank?

Posted by: Fen at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (ciYHQ)

167 I'd be careful with the "tattoo" setting.
Posted by: mikeski
======

Tooth Whitening and Lasik is tricky too.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 07:57 PM (XeU6L)

168 40 watt range?

Posted by: T800 at January 31, 2026 08:00 PM (lrtx8)

169 This week I thought I was done with a radio, but then noticed this particular one had a little LED that was supposed to be green when receiving, red when transmitting. A little bit of troubleshooting determined that only the green of the LED was dead. Which is actually kind of rare. So I went shopping.

Replacements were easy enough to find, even if not exact. But I had a choice of $13.00 for one, or $7.00 for 100. Anyways, new LED works great and I've got 99 spares now.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 08:01 PM (lUFok)

170 "the first Japanese tank to include a mechanism to raise and lower the gun barrel."

The model not the actual tank?
Posted by: Fen

The actual tank. Wikipedia:

The gun did require the installation of elevation gear (on the earlier Type 97 the gunner had to physically move the gun up or down on his shoulder).

And you thought carrying your golf bag sucked.

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)

171 Keep us informed. Sick of Windows.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

What programs do you HAVE to run on Windows?

If none, especially Office 365 or Adobe Photoshop, etc., then Linux can be a good option. There are free office suites and GIMP is a decent Photoshop like program but some specific windows programs may not have an analogue.

WiNE can run a fair number of regular programs and Steam has become a go to for Linux gaming but not all programs on Windows will work. If they do, often you have to drop back a couple of editions for good support under Wine (not Steam which is fine for gaming up to date).

You can also dual boot but Microsux makes that a challenge sometimes. Dual booting means you choose which operating system to load for that day. Switching between them normally requires rebooting the computer.

On computers, the worst candidates for Linux are laptops as these often have proprietary drivers, etc. while desktops are pretty generic in its drivers so that a Linux distro picks up most of them upon install and puts the correct driver for them.

Laptops are best supported by Linux when made by corporate oriented companies like Dell or Lenovo, HP is a step behind those.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2026 08:04 PM (2swu2)

172 Sanibel is still not quite back to 100% after that hurricane.
Too bad. That is when you get the best stuff washed up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 08:05 PM (/lPRQ)

173 Ah sand dollars. My Father found a sand dollar on a Galveston beach and gave it to me. I was 5 and had this strange worry that while wading in the surf I had been accidentally walking over sand dollars and crushing them. So... I placed the sand dollar on the ground and stepped on it to see if it felt the same, and accidentally crushed it. Father yelled some things at Mother about DNA testing lol.

Posted by: Fen at January 31, 2026 08:08 PM (ciYHQ)

174 Can you imagine, you give your kid a sand dollar and he's like "cool, lets crush it!" SMH poor Dad

Posted by: Fen at January 31, 2026 08:11 PM (ciYHQ)

175 "the gunner had to physically move the gun up or down on his shoulder"

on his shoulder... I bet the recoil was fun. I'm afraid to ask what they did for windage.

And we were surprise-attacked by these guys?

Posted by: Fen at January 31, 2026 08:16 PM (ciYHQ)

176 Love Captiva Island & hope to return someday.

We lived on the Atlantic side & found awesome shells after storms.I have a lot of shells that I let our grands paint or whatever they want to do...but special ones are mine on bookshelves.

One November I found a large spotted cowrie shell, rare.

There were sandbars that kept the shells from coming onto the beach intact. After one storm we even found fragile Angel Wings. I keep good ones and have since college and a trip to Kino Bay (large augars), Mexico. Found limpets in the UK.
I can spend hours sitting on a beach shell searching and finding treasures.

Similar to our farm and finding fossils and arrowheads. Some of the fossils were coral and sea worms? from when it was under water.Fossilized honeycombs.Petrified wood pieces.

My father's lake has at least 3 springs feeding into what was a swampy area. Choctaw tribes used to camp on a hill there, as we'd find many arrow heads in various stages of being made. My brother found a bowl on the creek for grinding corn, and a couple of spear heads.

The creek is the spillway for the lake, and a lot of fern & sandstone. I did not go there much without my snake killing brother.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 09:59 PM (WONhk)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, January 31

Courtesy Dr _ No

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Our own Dr _ No has been experimenting with AI. Dogs are good subjects for imagination.

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Cats are also good subjects for imagination.

Courtesy Terry Glenn

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A friend went hiking with a grandchild during a time of medical stress at Wild Burro Trail at Lake Pleasant in Arizona. They met some wild burros.

Stress relievers. At least on this day.

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Meet The PetMorons

A week after we lost Kroger, we were contacted by a regular client who wanted to rehome their boy because they were expecting their first child. We quickly accepted and a few weeks ago, Domo arrived in the house. He's very sweet and as laid back as any normal Greyhound. Here he is discovering that he has toys at his disposal.

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And as you can see, he's very helpful when it comes to chores like making the bed.
-NR Pax

So sorry you lost Kroger. Glad you got sweet Domo. We can see that you needed help making the bed.

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

From By-Tor

Brown Pelicans followed our boat back to the dock, hoping for scraps from the deck hands that were cleaning our fish.

Great photos, as usual!

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, January 24

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:23 PM

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1 Greetings everyone! Thank you for giving me a chance to share my new pup's pictures.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 03:26 PM (7xrfc)

2 Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

3 Quiche on a leash!

Posted by: Barry at January 31, 2026 03:27 PM (Kt19C)

4 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 03:28 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Thanks for the post, KT … !

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2026 03:32 PM (ayRl+)

6 Afternoon, Pet Folken! I forgot this week to send along pics comparing Stirling and Dagny as kittens to their looks now. This week, I promise!

NR, Domo reminds me of every cat I've ever known. When it's time to make the bed, every feline is an instant supervisor and irritant. The larger the cat, the more insistent on "helping" he is.

Chilly but sunny here this afternoon, with a low expected below freezing, in the "run the water tap at a thin stream" level. The cats have even less interest in going outside than they usually do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 03:33 PM (wzUl9)

7
I'm not a cat person because I'm allergic to them.

Dogs, what would we do without them?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 03:34 PM (3ek7K)

8 Dr_No at January 31, 2026 03:32 PM

Thanks for the art!

Posted by: KT at January 31, 2026 03:36 PM (7vIsy)

9
It's 50 degrees here in Wyoming. The dogs are enjoying laying in the sun.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 03:36 PM (3ek7K)

10 Thank you for the post, KT

I guess the wild burros are pretty docile.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 31, 2026 03:38 PM (QGaXH)

11 Dr_No

Good art.

K.T., thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 03:38 PM (u82oZ)

12 Stirling the big black continues to leap across me, and kick me as he goes, at three or four in the morning. He must be entertaining himself, as he does not get to eat any earlier if he gets me up that early.

Dagny has been replaced with an exact lookalike who is actually sociable! I've mentioned that on occasion I've lifted her sleeping form from a chair or the floor and settled her on a cushion on my lap to get fifteen minutes or so of lazy lap time. Well, one night this week she settled on Miss Linda's arm of the sofa and somehow slipped down so that she was actually on L's lap more than she was off of it.

That held for about fifteen minutes. Then Linda slid her over into my cushioned lap, and darned if she didn't stay, purring and happy to be petted, for forty-five minutes. I am floored and can only conclude that it's a ringer, not my original aloof kitten!

(Okay by me. I'll keep this one.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 03:39 PM (wzUl9)

13 9
It's 50 degrees here in Wyoming. The dogs are enjoying laying in the sun.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 03:36 PM (3ek7K)

We're enjoying unseasonably warm temperatures here too. Touched 80 yesterday. That's warm for us even in summer. Drops fast as soon as the sun starts to go down.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 31, 2026 03:41 PM (QGaXH)

14 Wolfus, the funny thing is that what you are seeing is the only time he's helped with the bed. But I'm glad he has quickly adapted to living with us.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 03:41 PM (7xrfc)

15 This morning I found two of my kitties (Jasmine and Kaylee) lurking around the water fountain the library.

I'm fairly certain they were gossiping about me.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 31, 2026 03:48 PM (ESVrU)

16 So Wild Burro Trail lives up to its name sometimes, huh? They are very handsome animals. And that landscape makes me long to visit the desert Southwest again.

Okay, explain to me. A mule is a hybrid of female horse and male donkey, yes? A donkey, though, is its own species. Then what is a burro? I'd guess mule crossed with donkey, but mules are usually sterile, aren't they?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 03:48 PM (wzUl9)

17 Meow....

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at January 31, 2026 03:48 PM (sAmhv)

18 Afternoon all,

NR Pax, so sorry about Kroger, but looks like you got to open your heart to another sweetie.
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I have done a small update to our cat blog.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Posted by: Joyenz at January 31, 2026 03:49 PM (2F0/Y)

19 Our hold-out kitten (the black one) has let me briefly pick him up before eating this week. And wants to play, but keeps his claws out (as do the others). The grey stripey one is often too fast to catch.

Posted by: KT at January 31, 2026 03:51 PM (7vIsy)

20 Our cat was always gifting my mom live mice and grasshoppers. She would scream and I would laugh. Cats are awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 03:52 PM (RIvkX)

21 Okay: "Burro is a word for donkey in both Spanish and Portuguese. In the United States, it is commonly applied to the feral donkeys that live west of the Rocky Mountains; it may also refer to any small donkey."

So a burro is not a separate hybrid, it is a donkey, or "ass," as we used to say.

(Current TV commercial: "That's one intelligent donkey." "You mean a smart ass?")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 03:52 PM (wzUl9)

22 Woof!! Great thread as usual. It always sizes me how laid back greyhounds are. Domo looks like he adjusted well and has fit right in.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 31, 2026 03:53 PM (fPvmg)

23 NR Pax, so sorry about Kroger, but looks like you got to open your heart to another sweetie.

And it was unexpected. We'd honestly planned on waiting a few months before getting another dog and then this happened. Thankfully, Domo had been to our house so many times that he is used to the routine.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 03:54 PM (7xrfc)

24 12 Stirling the big black continues to leap across me, and kick me as he goes, at three or four in the morning. He must be entertaining himself, as he does not get to eat any earlier if he gets me up that early.

He's chasing away the demons and ghosts that only he can see! You should be thanking him!! Good Kittuh!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at January 31, 2026 03:54 PM (sAmhv)

25 It always sizes me how laid back greyhounds are.

As I am fond of saying, "Check him for breathing" is a normal remark.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 03:55 PM (7xrfc)

26 He's chasing away the demons and ghosts that only he can see! You should be thanking him!! Good Kittuh!!
Posted by: Puddleglum

I wrote a story a few years back about a cat was doing exactly that but the owner just saw it as the cat spazzing out and racing around the house.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 03:55 PM (7xrfc)

27 I meant *amazes* me. Autocorrect wins again (at least that's my story)

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 31, 2026 03:57 PM (fPvmg)

28 He's chasing away the demons and ghosts that only he can see! You should be thanking him!! Good Kittuh!!
Posted by: Puddleglum

***
Then the demons have only moved in here during the last six months, or he only now became able to detect them. He didn't do this for his first three years with me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 04:00 PM (wzUl9)

29 28: LoL!!

Kittuh zoomies work in mysterious ways.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at January 31, 2026 04:01 PM (sAmhv)

30 I couldn't give away a pet I had for any length of time. Probably why I could never foster an animal.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 04:03 PM (cwGMH)

31 The upstairs kitteh gets the zoomies, and we hear its tiny feet galloping back and forth across the ceiling. We miss having a cat, but have decided to wait until we get a house.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 31, 2026 04:04 PM (0aYVJ)

32 Probably why I could never foster an animal.
Posted by: Opinion fact

We fostered for a while. The attitude we had was "This is not our dog. We're training it to be someone else's dog." We only failed once out of 24 pups.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 04:06 PM (7xrfc)

33 donkey's and Burros are the same animal. Both are very loud at night when trying to sleep at Alamo State Park. Go ahead, ask me how i know!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 31, 2026 04:08 PM (qo38o)

34 I'm fairly certain they were gossiping about me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 31, 2026 03:48 PM (ESVrU)

I'm
Sure that they were only saying kind and complimentary things. .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 04:11 PM (oT1li)

35 He'll never hit the hydrant from up in that beautiful balloon.

Posted by: DaveA at January 31, 2026 04:20 PM (FhXTo)

36 I was walking Paisley T. Dog today when she saw a seagull flying overhead and decided to chase it. Well she caught me by surprise pulled me down. Fortunately I am still sturdy despite my vast age so I'm unhurt.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 31, 2026 04:21 PM (8CIFn)

37 Our 16 year-old cat has been losing weight recently. I'm concerned he has diabetes, but being too cold is another option. We got him a pet heating pad that has temperature control and can be set to stay on for 24 hours. I put it in the office, where we are most of the day, under a chair so he could feel like he was in a den. Took him less than a day to decide that was a really good place to be.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 31, 2026 04:26 PM (lFFaq)

38 Took him less than a day to decide that was a really good place to be.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

"You're offering pleases me, food provider." -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 04:29 PM (7xrfc)

39 Congratulations!
https://shorturl.at/MD4gE

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 31, 2026 04:30 PM (ULPxl)

40 I am getting a bit tired of placing pets on the rainbow bridge.

Three weeks ago, we had to help Daughter #2 take her 22 y.o. cat across.

Two weeks ago, we had to help Son #1 take his 18 y.o. cat across.

Last weekend, I almost had to take our 15 y.o. dog across. However, he is responding well to his course of antibiotics, so I am hoping can he can get one more nice spring of lying in sunbeams and guarding our backyard from all of the neighborhood wildlife before he finally has to cross.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2026 04:37 PM (HlyYF)

41 Adorable greyhound, . NR Pax and I'm sorry about Kroger. These dogs are so blessed to have you and Mrs. NR Pax to be their temporary step parents.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 04:38 PM (ELdpA)

42 Thanks, Fen. We actually stopped fostering a while back because my wife's business ended up doing pretty well. So now we get a parade of dogs and get paid for looking after them.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 04:40 PM (7xrfc)

43 The cat poem is genuine. I also love the pic of the ballooning retriever.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 31, 2026 04:41 PM (XjTSo)

44 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2026 04:37 PM (HlyYF)

That does sound very hard to help others get their dogs across the rainbow bridge. That is very kind of you..

I am glad that your dog is doing better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 04:41 PM (ELdpA)

45 I liked the cat poem as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 04:41 PM (ELdpA)

46 It was so cold here late night (-

that Smoke decided he didn't want to out for his midnight patrol & stayed inside. As soon as it got above zero though he was asking to be let out.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 31, 2026 04:45 PM (XjTSo)

47 Golden Retriever meeting baby for the first time. From Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4fwzhnyw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 04:48 PM (8Cor4)

48 dorbs

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 31, 2026 04:51 PM (xcxpd)

49 Wrong link, Fen. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 04:52 PM (7xrfc)

50 I finally remembered to set up the heating pad for my old cat in the bathroom. It's like a spa in there now.

Posted by: notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 04:52 PM (+mUZM)

51 That does sound very hard to help others get their dogs across the rainbow bridge. That is very kind of you..

I am glad that your dog is doing better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 04:41 PM

These pets were so old, that they used to be family pets.

My kids grew up enough to fly the nest themselves and take part of our legion of rescue animals with them.

The good thing is that I can point out that they didn't get shortchanged at all on the amount of time they got to spend with their respective pets before they finally were ready to cross.

The 22 y.o. cat looked like it was about five! She still got around well and ate well. Vet thinks she finally had a stroke.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2026 04:52 PM (HlyYF)

52 I did like the look on the Golden's face though. "You brought me a small person!?"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 04:54 PM (7xrfc)

53 And I loved the wild burros and the pelicans.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 04:59 PM (7RYym)

54 Sorry for the incorrect link for Golden Retriever and baby . Hopefully this works. Scroll down for video

https://tinyurl.com/yrsm9pky

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 05:02 PM (7RYym)

55
Miley put out some bird seed for the birds during the snow (looks like maybe 6" out there), and we've got a bird convention on the front porch. 15 - 20 little birds out there now.

The two cats are watching through the window, and making little noises. They want to attack. But they aren't trying to get out. They just like to watch.

And looking at radar, I see a little snow is falling around Lake City, Florida. Temps are in the mid-30s there, so no sticking.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 05:02 PM (w6EFb)

56 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2026 04:52 PM (HlyYF)

That's nice of you to care for and love all those rescue animals and to pass on that love and concern to your family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 05:03 PM (7RYym)

57 Off, Barry sock.

Quiche on a leash though.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 31, 2026 05:15 PM (Kt19C)

58 And looking at radar, I see a little snow is falling around Lake City, Florida. Temps are in the mid-30s there, so no sticking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 05:02 PM (w6EFb)

I'm a bit south of there, and we're at 51 degrees with strong gusts from the northwest keeping the snow birds hunkered down. I have a chicken in the oven. If I give it a name, does this become an on-topic post?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 05:18 PM (nbLIj)

59 Hmmm, get a squirrel boss but zap birds with it!

https://m.youtube.
com/watch?
v=vKcruJ36BfM&pp=0gcJCTMBo7VqN5tD

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 31, 2026 05:18 PM (Kt19C)

60 Back from my shower, all,

That is the thing about aging, in cats, at least: They don't show it. They don't go gray, for instance -- at least I've never seen it, even in dark cats -- and while they may have wrinkles, it's all under their fur. They may move with more difficulty and they may lose weight or gain it, depending on their health conditions. But most of the time, an elderly cat looks about the same as a young adult.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:20 PM (wzUl9)

61 I'm wearing thin long pajama pants under my jeans. My legs at last feel as warm as my sweater-clad upper body. That layering thing really works, huh?

About forty minutes until I need to feed the furry thugs. They of course are cruising around, hoping there will be an early food drop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:23 PM (wzUl9)

62 It's 21 degrees outside now. Had snow this morning but it's gone now, just a few spots left. The wind must have blown it away.. Let the dogs out, they didn't want to stay very long. They're not stupid. 22 degrees was our high today. Very little traffic. Still have power, hope it holds up. It's really a stay in day, the weather guys were right. And that's my report from NE Bama. Y'all stay warm!

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 05:26 PM (E7+ue)

63 But most of the time, an elderly cat looks about the same as a young adult.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:20 PM (wzUl9)

Yup. Scout still looked like she did as a youth, but we grew more and more aware that she was ailing. The vet said her kidneys were failing. She would have good days and bad. But the bad overtook the good, so we had to say goodbye. She was 20.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 31, 2026 05:27 PM (0aYVJ)

64 I have the blackout curtains open and the blinds angled to get some late afternoon sunlight into both rooms. The sun will dip below the buildings across the street in another fifteen minutes, though; but in the meantime I'm getting some natural heating.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)

65 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

66 "He's very sweet and as laid back as any normal Greyhound."

Huh. I didn't think "laid back" was a usual description for a greyhound.

Then again, our Daisy the irrepressible Malinois has reached a stage where she can lazy on the couch a lot. When she's not furiously barking at anything outside or nudging us to do something for her.

Daisy spent last week digging different old toys out of her toy box. So funny to see her enjoying something she hasn't paid any attention to in months. … I'm just glad she knows what's her stuff and what's not. We are well past the chewing up shoes and furniture stage.

Meanwhile, in the Wonderful World of Cats, little old black cat Ony has apparently decided it was too easy to just throw up on the floor or carpets and has now taken to barfing under our bed. And that bed is not something we can easily move or get under to clean. If she wasn't so cute and cuddly, lying in our laps or on top of us in bed, she… would still be a good kitty.

Thanks for the Pet Thread, K.T., and Moron pet owner contributers.

Posted by: mindful webworker - owned by the critters who keep us at January 31, 2026 05:36 PM (j02Vi)

67 A funny bird is the pelican.
His beak can hold more than his bellykin.

Posted by: George V at January 31, 2026 06:48 PM (HUbHH)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Jan. 31

When Iris Eyes are Smilin'

First week this season I've seen them selling them here.
Regards from Jerusalem,
Biden's Dog

So cheerful!

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

By-Tor has been doing some pickling and fermenting lately, including for possible fair submissions.

Anybody else doing any fermentation or vinegar pickles? We could do a feature!

From 40 Miles North:

The rosemary gets more bees every day:

The sage looks healthy:

Not sure what kind of sage that is.

The only really new addition are the Blood Oranges:

Most of them are very tart, but I am hoping that will change. Lots of weeding this year. Take care . . .

You too. Hope your blood oranges sweeten up. They look fun.

Gardening News and Views

Martha Stewart on Growing Tropical Fruit Trees Indoors

Have you ever wondered if you could?

Farmers� Almanac Saved Under New Ownership, 208-Year Tradition Continues https://t.co/LOEl35OBiT pic.twitter.com/Wh7QpHtJJu
— The Farmers' Almanac (@FarmersAlmanac) January 28, 2026

Have you ever consulted the Farmer's Almanac?

Adventure

From Neal in Israel:

In October, we visited Lodz, Poland. Not the best known tourist site, but my father's father was born there, and I've been wanting to visit for a long time. We missed the city's open air botanical garden because of rain, but did make it to the palm house a couple of days later. Under the palms there were some interesting flowering plants, and there was a special collection of hot peppers. The pepper pictured is called Dragon's Breath, and it is rated 2 500 000 units on the Scoville scale. Attached to the palm house, there's also a cactus hothouse and a small, but pleasant, outdoor formal garden.
That's it for the meantime. Hope your winter is going as it should. Here we've had an unseasonably hot fall, and real rains began only a couple of weeks ago, instead of in October. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
Best regards,
Neal

Dragon's Breath!

Great photos! Thanks for thinking of us during your interesting trip, even though you had to contend with rain. Good luck with getting some rain back home.

Gardens of The Horde

From 40 Miles North:

Hi KT, I hope you are doing well. I saw one commenter talking about 'the activity of his Amaryllis.' Does activity means total garden domination? A large part of my garden looks like this:

Would those be true Amaryllis? The pink ones?

The Irises and amaryllis don't typically have leaves at the same time, but this year they do, and the amaryllis are out of control. The grape vine is almost invisible. The fig trees don't even have leaves yet. On the other side of the grapevine, it also looks like this:

On the other side of the yard, the Gaillardia think it's late summer. I guess because it's 75 degrees during the day and 40 degrees at night:

I like it!

Anybody else got growth in their garden?

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Jan. 24

Any thoughts or questions?

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:26 PM

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1 I like the green text!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 01:32 PM (kpS4V)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:34 PM (GHvvy)

3 Welcome to the evergreen Garden Thread!

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 01:35 PM (vFG9F)

4 Moisture laden

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 31, 2026 01:35 PM (Kt19C)

5 Gorgeous photos as always. We got a huge smack of snow overnight.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2026 01:37 PM (CHHv1)

6 It's gently snowing outside. Only garden-related thing is I ordered caladiums and elephant ears for spring planting.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 01:38 PM (kpS4V)

7 Not much gardening going on here. I burned the burn pile last weekend and it's still smoldering today. There is probably some good charcoal in there, but if I let it, it will eventually all burn up.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 01:38 PM (vFG9F)

8 Good afternoon Greenthumbs and Snow Men

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 01:41 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Nothing green here, a frozen snow covered landscape.
Noticed under my pine tree line holes in the snow where I can tell maybe 6 deer camped out sometime during the storm or week since

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 01:43 PM (Ia/+0)

10 40 Miles N: The blood oranges WILL get sweeter as they grow. Thing is, they'll never get as sweet as will a regular Florida-type orange. Still, they're good and a nice change from the 'normal'. Also good (but maybe not user-growable) are the mandarines that Kroger & Walmart sell under the brand name 'Cuties' (but inspect closely b4 purchase for 'grey mold' on the skin).

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2026 01:46 PM (ayRl+)

11 [looks out window]

5" of snow, 18 deg.

Nothing seems to be blooming...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 01:47 PM (XeU6L)

12 Nothing green here, a frozen snow covered landscape.
Noticed under my pine tree line holes in the snow where I can tell maybe 6 deer camped out sometime during the storm or week since
Posted by: Skip
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Across the ravine behind my house, I saw a flock of turkeys just sitting in the snow, and above-mentioned 18 deg. Not gathered together or anything, just with heads tucked in, one or two wandering around. Felt sorrow for them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 01:51 PM (XeU6L)

13 Also good (but maybe not user-growable) are the mandarines that Kroger & Walmart sell under the brand name 'Cuties' (but inspect closely b4 purchase for 'grey mold' on the skin).
Posted by: Dr_No

Good advice. I've had my share of rotten mandarins.

Posted by: Tuna at January 31, 2026 01:51 PM (lJ0H4)

14 Mike Hammer, I have a gang of turkeys parked on the hill outside my back porch, hunched in the snow like fatalistic Russian peasants, waiting until the next time the Czarina feeds them crumbs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 01:56 PM (kpS4V)

15 Mexican sage. Leucantha, I think.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 31, 2026 02:00 PM (Vvh2V)

16 Yikes! Just checked the thermometer, since earlier this a.m. temp has dropped from18 deg.to 11 deg.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:01 PM (XeU6L)

17 Mike Hammer, I have a gang of turkeys parked on the hill outside my back porch, hunched in the snow like fatalistic Russian peasants, waiting until the next time the Czarina feeds them crumbs.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Sad to see.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:02 PM (XeU6L)

18 Id love to grow those Dragon's Breath peppers because they're so pretty, but honestly I can't tolerate anything that hot (I read you can make your own "death wing" sauce 😆

. I guess I could hand them out to little bratlings on Halloween.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 02:02 PM (kpS4V)

19 I'll toss more peanuts at the turkeys, like the benevolent ruler I am.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 02:04 PM (kpS4V)

20 Great set of irises, Biden's Dog!

Posted by: 40 Miles North at January 31, 2026 02:08 PM (EaLNz)

21 76° in van nuys. Sunny.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 31, 2026 02:08 PM (Kt19C)

22 I'll toss more peanuts at the turkeys, like the benevolent ruler I am.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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My arm isn't that good, probably 100 yards away, and, I callously intend to eat the penuts myself.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:08 PM (XeU6L)

23 76° in van nuys. Sunny.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty
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[supresses snide retort]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:09 PM (XeU6L)

24 Sigh...
My crocus are usually popping up by now.
But...nuthin'.
Lots of damned moss though.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 02:09 PM (2WIwB)

25 I have a gang of turkeys parked on the hill outside my back porch, hunched in the snow like fatalistic Russian peasants, waiting until the next time the Czarina feeds them crumbs.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Sad to see.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:02 PM (XeU6L)

Wild Turkey > wild turkeys...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:10 PM (nbLIj)

26 We just need to pull out some dead stuff but right now it's too cold. Stay inside and eat pie, maybe surf some Caterpillar sites.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 02:10 PM (LHPAg)

27 Thanks, Dr_No. I will hope for the best!

Posted by: 40 Miles North at January 31, 2026 02:11 PM (EaLNz)

28 Wild Turkey > wild turkeys...
Posted by: Joe Kidd
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Anti-Freeze

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:19 PM (XeU6L)

29 Tuesday forcasted to get above freezing barely, maybe more snow Friday and supposed to go to Lancaster then.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 02:22 PM (Ia/+0)

30 Central Florida zone 9b here. Overnight temps will dip into the 20s.

Damn near everything is going to die or die back.

Posted by: weew at January 31, 2026 02:22 PM (S4IL1)

31 Plumeria: goner
Bananas: doomed
Bougainvillea: bye bye
Hibiscus: who knows

Posted by: weew at January 31, 2026 02:30 PM (S4IL1)

32 Temps are going up to 62 this week on the western side of the Evergreen state. Grass is growing (errr) and waiting for the bulbs to start popping. In January.

Posted by: Major Healey at January 31, 2026 02:41 PM (abIsI)

33 About 80 degrees here in the Valley of the Sunstroke. Nice breeze, and sunny. Had a nice brekkie at Hacker's Grill, went to a few yard sales, got a few small items, including a nice Starrett depth gauge and a Chinese micrometer.

Now I am wont to putter in the shop, organizing tools.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 02:41 PM (8zz6B)

34 I'm going to start calling this the Envy Thread. I'm sitting here in an area where the temp. hasn't gone above 15 degrees in the last week.

BUT, we're getting a break on Tuesday. It's supposed to go above 20 F. I'm excited. But, still envious.

Posted by: Orson at January 31, 2026 02:42 PM (dIske)

35 Those peppers look fantastic. Heat is one thing, but flavor is the priority.

Mostly, bottled sauces bring the heat, but the taste is almost industrial, - too much processing and fillers.

Adding carrots to pepper sauce is heresy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 02:44 PM (oT7pT)

36 Behold, aPharisee has spoken.

Adding carrots to pepper sauce is heresy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 02:44 PM (oT7pT)

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 31, 2026 02:45 PM (YlWIZ)

37 From Boise area: lows 16-30 F, highs 36-45. Trend is toward daytimes hitting 50!, nights just above freezing. We did see an entire... skiff... of snow, when we woke on Wed., and that's all the snow we've had.

My amaryllis is opening flowers on its second bud-stalk. 2 open so far - definitely looks like 1 more coming, maybe 2.

The hyacinths in the garden behind the kitchen window are still on hold. I did find a few tiny tulip tips out front.

We'd better start planning the veggie garden and deciding what to start indoors, if the temps are really going to end up in the low 50's! I wonder whether it'll get down to the teens again in Feb., or if we are having the most absurdly mild winter I've experienced here (this is my 12th). That arctic blast that has hurt so many, didn't dip into the US until over in North Dakota, so Idaho got spared the worst.

Under Puttering: more hard cider and beer experiments.

Posted by: Pat* at January 31, 2026 02:49 PM (E7nk1)

38 Great photos! I’m not much of a gardener ( Spouse is more so) but I did get two pink hyacinths at the floral section of the supermarket. One I brought to someone, and the other one I am enjoying looking at and smelling. It lifts my spirits and reminds me that Spring is coming!. We will plant it in the Spring..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 02:49 PM (YKjOc)

39 Hibiscus and gravy.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 31, 2026 02:56 PM (Kt19C)

40 Oo.....Just saw the blood oranges. I love those things, but they don't show up too often at the grocery or farmer's market around here. When they do, however, I always grab half a dozen....and my next stop is always a nice cured ham.

Blood oranges, I have found, are great when throwing a Maltaise sauce together. It's like a hollandaise sauce, but a bit more tangy. Most recommend it as a sauce for asparagus or broccoli. But, if you add a bit of horseradish and white mustard to the Maltaise, it is a perfect gravy for a slice of ham.

Still envious...maybe even moreso now.

Posted by: Orson at January 31, 2026 03:03 PM (dIske)

41 If yer fruit is too tart, cook it! my mother would say.
So maybe cut up one of those blood oranges and throw it in a chicken stir fry.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 31, 2026 03:17 PM (qH+Wa)

42 I spent two hours tearing out an old grape trellis that mom had put in when I was in high school. I took the old grape trunks down to six foot trunks, and we took out all the old uprights and decking. I think we can get the rest of that yard area clear and put in a new trellis, deck and bench. It should take a couple of weeks at the most, more to get the yard back up to looking like a yard instead of a neglected lot.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 03:20 PM (rbvCR)

43 "Have you ever consulted the Farmer's Almanac?"

FTR, the Farmer's Almanac (since 181

is not the same as The Old Farmer's Almanac (since 1792). We pick up a copy of the latter every year for decades. Sometimes we even crack it open, to check the weather and planting forecasts, or the short essays.

And items like this (2025 edition):
Which four U.S. state capitals can not be accessed by the Interstate Highway System?

Posted by: mindful webworker - with frozen fruit trees at January 31, 2026 03:20 PM (j02Vi)

44 On today's episode of Gunsmoke: though drunk, Doc performs an abortion on Kitty. Hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 31, 2026 03:21 PM (Kt19C)

45 Lodz was one of the largest Jewish ghettos in Nazi Poland.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 03:23 PM (RIvkX)

46 "…since 1818" - bad enough Pixyware keeps hijacking combos like eight-close parenthesis to attempt to make smilies, but lately smilies.mu.nu doesn't even work, so you get the broken___ icon.

Of course, Pixy can't un-do the hijacking, or brazilians of emojis on past Ace posts would revert to… old-fashioned text?

Posted by: mindful webworker - with frozen fruit trees at January 31, 2026 03:24 PM (j02Vi)

47 They irises are beautiful. And if I were still into patio gardening I would plant the red peppers. Love the color. Would not eat!

Posted by: AlmostYuman at January 31, 2026 03:25 PM (bj34f)

48 "the broken___ icon" - IMAGE, you ignorant PI (Pixy Intelligence)

Posted by: mindful webworker - with frozen fruit trees at January 31, 2026 03:26 PM (j02Vi)

49 Due to the lack of snow in our mountains (where water comes for us in the summers), I have growth of spring bulbs...the leaves. Normally peeking through snow.

I am not having a nervous collapse (yet) if this weird winter does not impact my David Austin roses. I have over 30 and, boy, they better not die.

I am sure my spring bulbs will be fine. I hope.

Continue to pray for snow/rain through May in the Intermountain West.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 03:29 PM (WONhk)

50 Oh, the Blood Oranges look lovely! They might need a wee bit of iron, though. I would recommend sprinkling some Blood and Bone Meal around their base, just to get some more color in their leaves. As to the tartness, they'll need another couple of months to get sweet. At least that's when mine were at their peak ripeness, in late March and April back when I had some beautiful trees in South Houston.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 31, 2026 03:59 PM (suBV/)

51 Late but had to stop by long enough to say how gorgeous those Irises are. One time my sons sent me Irises for Mother's Day and I thought they were so much better than roses. Of course purple is my favorite color.
It is really cold here and everything covered with dirty snow so appreciate the beautiful pictures.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 31, 2026 04:06 PM (t/2Uw)

52 Just checked the temp here. 81

Posted by: AlmostYuman at January 31, 2026 04:10 PM (bj34f)

53 Cold and snowy, though the sun has come out after snow flurries all day. Of course with a nice blanket of snow still on the ground I am pleased my over wintering garlic are tucked in nice and snug. I have ordered all my seed, and plotted out my gardens. February means time to start seedlings at the end of the month.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 31, 2026 04:27 PM (UVyKP)

Law according to the honor system

I recently saw a perplexed, sort-of conservative person on social media ask why Trump needed to send all those rough ICE agents to Michigan just because of a few reports of daycare fraud by Nick Shirley. But before Nick Shirley, there was a NYT report blasting Tim Walz about fraud, as well as Chris Rufo pointing out that taxpayer money was ending up in the hands of Somali terrorists.

Why didn't she know this?

Oh. And there was also this LONG written piece before any of the above:

LOOTING, PILLAGING, THEFT, BILLIONS IN

DISBURSEMENTS, ALL ON THE HONOR SYSTEM

We have discussed this piece before, but I don't think we have emphasized the honor system factor, based partly on a previous Norwegian high-trust society which was prominent in Michigan (Ooops - Minnesota - hope it doesn't spread) for a long time.

We are all Somalis now

The Shame of Our Cities

The specifics of how these fraudulent systems seem to have developed are remarkable. I don't think it's all "cultural differences". I think a lot of it is leftism. Pick an example from this piece and see what you think. In one case, a whistleblower report of fraud was sent back to the ringleader of the fraud for resolution!

So much fraud was reported for so long, and IGNORED for so long.

Going even further back in time. . .

TRUST THEM. NOMADS WILL BE GOOD CITIZENS.

I haven't verified this (I don't understand Somali). Ilhan would have been about 20 years old at this time. It was before she was elected to Congress.

Nov 6, 2012: Ilhan Omar & MN leaders are on tape arguing Somalis are "nomads" incapable of holding IDs. They explicitly urged a NO vote on Voter ID to protect the "services" and "benefits" their community receives. Verification stops the grift, so they killed the verification. pic.twitter.com/Wl0BcCIGFz
— Apple Lamps (@lamps_apple) January 9, 2026

Democrats proudly keeping citizens of Huntington Beach, California from requiring voter I.D. in 2026.

#NEWS: The CA Supreme Court has permanently shut the door on Huntington Beach�s illegal voter ID law!

This victory makes one thing crystal clear: no city in our state, charter and non-charter alike, is above the law.

Disenfranchising voters for imagined fraud will not be� pic.twitter.com/4cdxH9MlPl
— Rob Bonta (@AGRobBonta) January 29, 2026

The Honor System

Minnesota Voter Fraud

Did you know that a registered voter in MN can vouch for up to 👉EIGHT👈 other voters in their precinct?

No ID required. No proof of residency.

1 voter can vouch for 8 others.

Yes, this is the law & it�s directly on the MN SOS website pic.twitter.com/q7aK9goo7T
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) December 27, 2025

Spain just legalized 500,000 illegal aliens to �defeat the far-right.�

It�s not even a secret anymore. By legalizing 500,000 illegals under the guise of defeating the far-right, Pedro S�nchez is essentially dropping the mask. This is electoral engineering.

The logic is simple:� pic.twitter.com/gVmEMy4Ljb
— Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) January 29, 2026

* * * * *

THE HONOR SYSTEM GOES PHILOSOPHICAL

Schrödinger’s Government

Michael Smith

There exists a state, a donut hole of existence, where law exists and doesn't exist at the same time.

I think we are watching something in Minneapolis that is amazing and terrifying at the same time.
It appears to me that a strange new form of governance is emerging in modern democracies, especially in America where the strongest protection of individual liberty exists. It is a governing system that exists in a state of perpetual contradiction and it has spread to Washington where Democrats recognize there are actual immigration laws they don’t like, but instead of attacking them and changing them, they want to defund the agency charged with the enforcement of the laws and the removal of those who broke them to stop the law from being enforced. They want to play another round of “Defund the Police” with national security and sovereignty in the balance.
So, law exists but it doesn’t exist because it can’t be enforced.

In this new system, the fundamental legitimacy of democratic processes, elections, legislation, and judicial rulings becomes conditional, subject to acceptance by those affected. If you (and an extreme minority composed of other chaos agents) disagree with an electoral outcome or dislike any passed law (whether newly passed or settled), you can simply declare it invalid, at least for yourself. The social contract that binds citizens to respect democratically enacted rules, even those they oppose, becomes entirely situational and voluntary.
This rejection of authority operates parasitically within the very system it denounces. Those who refuse to accept certain laws simultaneously invoke other laws and constitutional protections as absolute shields. They weaponize rights to assembly, speech, and due process—protections they claim are inviolable—while coordinating sustained campaigns of civil disruption designed to make governance impossible.
The asymmetry is deliberate: the system must respect procedural limits and individual rights even as those same individuals work to paralyze it. You can even use the system against itself, tying it in knots by using its own processes to delay judicial outcomes for weeks, months, and in some cases—years.
The result is a kind of legal donut hole, a void where law simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist. Authorities face an impossible dilemma. . .

read the whole thing . . .

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WEEKEND

The Week In Pictures: Pre-Groundhog Day Edition

Next Monday is Groundhog Day, but it needs updating. No, not because the PETA lunatics want us to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a hologram (see Section 3 below), but because there are other persistent things for which the groundhog indicator could be redeployed. Like ICE protests, because it is the categorical imperative of the Omnicause that protests must go on no matter how cold the weather. Or like Sydney Sweeney. If the groundhog spots Sweeney’s new lingerie line hanging on the Hollywood sign, it means at least six more weeks of Sweeney in the news. As our pal RS says sagely, if Sweeney doesn’t win all the Golden Globes awards, then words have no meaning.
We cover this important ongoing and vital story in memes in Section 3 of today’s TWiP, and if that doesn’t keep you scrolling, we can’t help you. (Actually we can, as we have “Amelia” to cheer us up in Section 1 today. . .

The cartoon below, from "X", is NOT Amelia.

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, The WEF has been a little different this year

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:05 AM

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1 Present!

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 11:09 AM (g47mK)

2 Helllloooo--ooo-ooooo.

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (g47mK)

3 Ooh, could been first. Wouldn't know what to do with it.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (sl73Y)

4 hola

Posted by: alpine_beer at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (van9r)

5 Canada's MAID law is awful. So much demonic abuse of it to get organs or "decrease the surplus population", I suppose

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (7RYym)

6 I don't like Somali pirates.

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (g47mK)

7 Michigan?

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (qpQFJ)

8 Demond Wilson, the original Lamont, is Mortadella.

Posted by: XTC at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (6Uni8)

9 And so the cartoon is spot on!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (7RYym)

10 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:13 AM (Ia/+0)

11 The stories about American leftists fleeing to Canada after Trump was elected are amusing. They've no clue about Canada's immigration laws.

And they are horribly disappointed when they finally find out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:13 AM (jtM2q)

12 The law that isn't enforced is the law that doesn't exist.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 11:14 AM (2Ez/1)

13 Nothing on this great year of Trump has made me change my mind that we are not getting back to our republic peacefully. In fact the last year has reinforced that belief. The left is going collectively bonkers and must be put down hard and with prejudice for humanity’s sake.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 31, 2026 11:18 AM (xvV+O)

14 Replacement Theory is totally a conspiracy though.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 11:18 AM (qpQFJ)

15 First thought I have reading content is going back to Dennis Prager, his saying Leftists lie with the ease you breath also refers to their moral values which to me is they have none. Lying, cheating , looting because other than getting caught by government, and these days even then let off is no penalty.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:20 AM (Ia/+0)

16 Thx K.T.

The Spanish civil war started because leftists started burning churches . Importing 500k for leftist power could trigger a second one

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 11:20 AM (IDEQi)

17 I haven't verified this (I don't understand Somali).

Excuse me, but I speak Jawa. Durk, durk Allah. Muhammad jihad!

Posted by: Matt Stone and Trey Parker at January 31, 2026 11:21 AM (ycI94)

18 Thanks for your time and insights, K.T.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 11:22 AM (looXz)

19 MN, not MI

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 31, 2026 11:22 AM (pscAN)

20 The result is a kind of legal donut hole, a void where law simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist. Authorities face an impossible dilemma. . .“

It’s only an impossible dilemma for a legalistic democracy. The proponents of such don’t realize that it is easily solvable by a Bukele, or a Franco, or a Cromwell. And a man like that is the unavoidable end state if this is allowed to go on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 11:23 AM (IUuBi)

21
On the plus side,

The Superb Owl is coming next week for all you fans of frilly dresses.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 31, 2026 11:24 AM (iJfKG)

22 The proponents of such don’t realize that it is easily solvable by a Bukele, or a Franco, or a Cromwell. And a man like that is the unavoidable end state if this is allowed to go on.
Posted by: Tom Servo
_______

Why is it unavoidable? The left is aiming for a Lenin rather than a Franco, Bukele or Cromwell.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 31, 2026 11:26 AM (XvL8K)

23 Professional wimp in Minneapolis, Will Stancil, has been having a high old time pursuing ICE agents in his car, frequently inviting members of the media along in his escapades, and publicizing his exploits to the heavens.

Well, it turns out that the mysterious people running the insurgency in Minneapolis have decided that Will has violated "opsec", and has cut him off from their Secret Chats, so he no longer knows which cars to chase.

Poor Will. He's constantly whining about this on Bluesky, of course.

What I am trying to convey is that I am not able to get updates because I have been removed from the networks where the updates are provided. I need to know what’s going on in my neighborhood and I have been specifically barred from doing so.
---
What I actually did was allow credentialed press from mainstream outlets sit in my car on the condition that they identify no one but myself, something dozens of observers have done, but it’s fascinating how paranoiac mania over that imagined offense has evolved into vast crimes in 24 hours

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:26 AM (n1OCj)

24 So, is there any word on whether the Clintons are going to be held accountable for not showing up for their congressional Q&A session? That was.... weeks ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM (jtM2q)

25 What's all this folderol about Youth In Asia? Let the Asian parents worry about raising their own children. We US Americans have enough to worry about!

Posted by: Emily Litella at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM (oftw2)

26 Well, it turns out that the mysterious people running the insurgency in Minneapolis have decided that Will has violated "opsec", and has cut him off from their Secret Chats, so he no longer knows which cars to chase.

A lot can be explained by the left's realization that they're a laughable bunch of Nancys. They use military jargon to try and butch it up, but they always fail miserably, provoking much ridicule.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

27 The mayor of NYC could be bitten by every groundhog in his grasp, and then it could be dropped on its head, and I wouldn't shed a tear.

Maybe NYC should drop the mayor on his head.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 11:32 AM (oT7pT)

28 As of now, 12 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This includes states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, among others.

What starts as a plea for compassion for the terminally ill soon will mirror MAID in Canada, perhaps even accepting aid in dying without a terminal illness.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 11:33 AM (F3Dlr)

29 Those 2 dudes with Sur were or are Somali Government officials.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 31, 2026 11:34 AM (gbOdA)

30 I recently saw a perplexed, sort-of conservative person on social media ask why Trump needed to send all those rough ICE agents to Michigan just because of a few reports of daycare fraud by Nick Shirley.

I am certain there is also massive fraud here in Michigan, what with all the Indians here taking our jobs either through H-1B or outsourcing and with all the Muslims planning to turn the state into an Islamic state.

But Nick Shirley exposed the daycare fraud in Minnesota.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:34 AM (P5BPp)

31 24 So, is there any word on whether the Clintons are going to be held accountable for not showing up for their congressional Q&A session? That was.... weeks ago.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM (jtM2q)

No and Hilldog just wrote a column of being a Christian.
Like Sur writing a column on Honesty in Government.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 31, 2026 11:36 AM (gbOdA)

32 Hildabeast is also raising for the Minnesota Cultural Marxism protests

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:37 AM (Ia/+0)

33
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are on the road again. Both headlights and both tail lights got replaced. Even though there's other stuff that needs repair, those are the important things. She would like to get to NYC tonight, but if so, she'd be getting in at around 8:00.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:38 AM (tgvbd)

34 Leftists have long viewed the rule of law, consent of the governed, everything as a kind of Smorgasbord. If they don’t like a law they refuse to enforce it.

This “high trust society” business isn’t optional, it isn’t merely just a nice thing to have. Without it a functional society, and all those things we take for granted cannot and will not exist.

A large “middle class” isn’t optional either. They’ve been papering over deep flaws for decades. Certain elements of the government have been hell bent on de-industrialization of the US, for any number of purported reasons, but ultimately to destroy self-determination and sovereignty or independence of the individual as well as the nation.

Dumbed down, dependent people who know nothing of where they’ been nor where they are going. It cannot be coincidence that seemingly every policy advocated by the “experts” in recent decades in government, the press or academe are objectively toxic and counterproductive to both individual and societal health, wealth, and liberty.

If they were merely stupid and incompetent, by the law of averages they would make mistakes on behalf of the people, yet it never, ever shakes out that way.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM (QZlK3)

35 As of now, 12 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This includes states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, among others.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 11:33 AM

Wow, did not know it was so many. Grok'd it:

California (End of Life Option Act, effective 2016)
Colorado (End of Life Options Act, effective 2016)
Delaware (effective 2025/2026)
Hawai'i (Our Care, Our Choice Act, effective 2019)
Illinois (effective 2025/2026)
Maine (Death with Dignity Act, effective 2019/2020)
Montana (legal via Supreme Court ruling in Baxter v. Montana, 2009; no statute)
New Jersey (Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, effective 2019)
New Mexico (Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act, effective 2021)
Oregon (Death with Dignity Act, first in the U.S., effective 1997)
Vermont (Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act, effective 2013)
Washington (Death with Dignity Act, effective 2009)

Washington, D.C. (Death with Dignity Act, effective 2017)

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM (P5BPp)

36 I posited to my Wife and Daughter that they will not like the new Low Trust Society we are moving towards.
I also suggested that the lawlessness of the Obama/Biden years was to create suck a chaos that there would be a Federal Police.
Either a new Police State or maybe a system that places all Metro Police (>500 officers) into a single unified force.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM (gbOdA)

37 Unfortunately a lot of people won’t get it until they get Virginia’d. They’ll fall for the rhetoric and pay for their failure with a government that is the real autocracy. The one that has distracted you by calling the government and movement that is before your eyes restoring your rights and getting rid of the cancer, Nazi’s and fascist. The one deporting illegal immigrants who are one of their main weapons in seizing power.

It is a complete top to bottom corruption of the entire government and court system so that it serves itself, not you and your family. Not just that, as one can see in Virginia they are rigging the electoral system, so it’s less secure, allows illegal aliens to vote, permits no investigation of malfeasance and ultimately is designed to keep them in power, with you under their thumb, forever.

People better wake up to the reality these people won’t quit. Their goal is to gain power then wield it against you to subvert the country. This isn’t about politics, it’s about survival.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM (nmw7B)

38 There's fucking fraud all over the country and it's been going on for a long time.

We'll never get an honest accounting of how much of the $38T debt is fraud.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 11:41 AM (gw/qA)

39 Get on the cart !!

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:41 AM (cwGMH)

40 We've also discovered a new form of racism - against Scandinavians.

A number of people have noticed that Scandinavians in Sweden and Minnesota built incredibly high-trust societies, yet somehow failed to realize that inviting people from piratical cultures into your high-trust society is equivalent to inviting wolves into the sheep pen.

Noticing this is evil, evil, evil - you're free to denounce "whiteness" all day long, but don't you dare notice that Scandis are terminally naive.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:42 AM (n1OCj)

41 *They use military jargon to try and butch it up, but they always fail miserably, provoking much ridicule.*
+++

"Why do you have REAL bullets?"

Posted by: Scissorsing Sister Rebecca Good at January 31, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)

42 When getting up a good harumph over the swarthy foreigners, and Democrat politicians who are giving them our money, spare some of your outrage for the Republican Congress, which hasn't done diddly squat to cut off the funding.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 11:42 AM (nNWyK)

43 > What starts as a plea for compassion for the terminally ill soon will mirror MAID in Canada, perhaps even accepting aid in dying without a terminal illness.
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I'd consider those who'd likely take advantage of this. Nobody with an ounce of sanity will.

You'll get the transgenders, the clinically insane leftists, over medicated liberal white women, etc. Sounds like it would benefit the country as a whole if it was a national policy.

And I'm only scraping the surface with snark.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:43 AM (jtM2q)

44 You mean Minnesota, of course. Not Michigan. Although I'm sure the same type of thing is going on there, too.

Posted by: Paco at January 31, 2026 11:43 AM (2L+MU)

45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_cqTCT5g0

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 11:44 AM (jrgJz)

46 "...why Trump needed to send all those rough ICE agents to Michigan just because of a few reports of daycare fraud by Nick Shirley."

There are reports of Nick Shirley committing daycare fraud in Michigan?!

WTF, Nick?!

Posted by: some people at January 31, 2026 11:44 AM (Y1sOo)

47 Demond Wilson, the original Lamont, is Mortadella.
Posted by: XTC at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (6Uni

From I have always heard, he was a good guy. Served in Vietnam, awarded a Purple Heart.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 11:44 AM (5xuJ/)

48
As of now, 12 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This includes states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, among others.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 11:33 AM

Let's leave aside my religious objections to MAID and I'll point out that it's being presented as "How can you be so cruel as to keep people dying in agony," while eventually it will be used for organ harvesting and getting inconvenient sick people out of the way. Not to mention the host of depressed teenagers the MAID ghouls will prey on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:44 AM (tgvbd)

49 I also suggested that the lawlessness of the Obama/Biden years was to create suck a chaos that there would be a Federal Police.

Yep - that is the desired end-state.

The state of Washington is currently trying to make it possible to remove elected sheriffs if the state government doesn't like them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:45 AM (n1OCj)

50 The result is a kind of legal donut hole, a void where law simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist. Authorities face an impossible dilemma. . .“

-------

A "twilight zone" if you will.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM (Vh9CX)

51
Our Big Dummy will carry Demond Wilson's work on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM (tgvbd)

52 24 So, is there any word on whether the Clintons are going to be held accountable for not showing up for their congressional Q&A session? That was.... weeks ago.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM

+++++

What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)

53 There's fucking fraud all over the country and it's been going on for a long time.

We'll never get an honest accounting of how much of the $38T debt is fraud.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 11:41 AM (gw/qA)

One reason we'll never get an accounting is because both sides are in on it.

For example, if one considers DoD to be the realm of Republicans, when's the last time they passed an audit?

When we were about to give them $960 billion this past year, they were bitching about it because they asked for a cool trillion. And more recently, Trump promised to give them $1.5 tril.

Everyone's in on the grift.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM (nNWyK)

54 People better wake up to the reality these people won’t quit. Their goal is to gain power then wield it against you to subvert the country. This isn’t about politics, it’s about survival.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM

Yep, agreed.

Pretty much every day for the past 5+ years I have come here to read the Morning Report and then catch up on the other news posts throughout the day, the line from Captain Barbosa in Pirates of the Caribbean comes to mind:

"You best start believin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner... you're in one!"

Only with the actions of the left in the U.S.A. the past 5-10 years, what runs through my head is "you best start believin' in civil wars, Americans... you're in one!"

People for years keep saying "the left wants a civil war" or "we're getting close to civil war", etc. All I keep thinking is the left has been fighting a civil war for at least 5-10 years now and the right has not been paying attention.

The past 5-10 years, the left has been using Cloward-Piven to overload the system with so much corruption, fraud and illegal aliens - and now insurrection - it's impossible to tackle all of it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:47 AM (P5BPp)

55 Good morning all!

It's snowing and about 20 degrees here in Knoxville. The new pup loves the snow. Puts his face down and plows through it. He is black as pitch, but he looks like a white pup when we let him back inside.

Posted by: jmel at January 31, 2026 11:47 AM (bVhJi)

56 Unfortunately a lot of people won’t get it until they get Virginia’d.

Republicans do much less in office than they promise on the campaign trail.

Democrats do much more in office than they promise on the campaign trail.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:47 AM (n1OCj)

57 The Vampire of New York, Hochul, along with the Democrat Ghoul Chorus in the legislature, also just signed a right to murder you law. I imagine a line of elderly and infirm people will start to be chosen for death, because the state says they’re not worth supporting anymore.

People have no idea where this is really going. Their entire platform is to try and kill you before you’re born, control you while you’re breathing, and murder you when they say you’ve become a liability.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 11:47 AM (nmw7B)

58 And stop calling me Nick.

Posted by: Surely at January 31, 2026 11:48 AM (2Ez/1)

59
MAID is like abortion. The very small number of hard cases are used as a lever to open the door to the real outcome desired, like aspirant girlbosses getting rid of their babies so they can make partner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:48 AM (tgvbd)

60 Another thing Leftists do that's not political is have a philosophy of 'good enough'. And cause it in society as a whole. You see it in all commie countries.

They work only as much as is necessary and don't care about the quality of their work because they have no self pride in their work product. Those that once did lose it because what's the sense when you're not rewarded for it . The slacker gets the same as you because of the Leftist , socialist systems.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:50 AM (cwGMH)

61 @Hadrian the Seventh

What day is breed judging at Javits?

Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 11:50 AM (Y1sOo)

62 If you’re counting on any political to do everything they promised, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

I’m gonna give Republicans the benefit of the doubt for now. They just pass bills which restored regular order for the first time since 1997. Up next is an election security bill that will no doubt pass the House and will only have trouble in the senate because it needs 60 votes and Democrats don’t want election integrity.

I think that’s a pretty good start.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 11:51 AM (nmw7B)

63 It's not even, or primarily, the imported people with zero or inverse public ethics codes that is most discouraging. That problem can be (is, on a limited basis, at the moment) dealt with.

It's the mentality behind this jaw-dropping CA action to forbid - forbid - the most basic, common sense election integrity measure that is universal and de minimis in *any* society with any level of administrative capacity.

We've all seen the chart with 38 normal/daily/basic things requiring a photo ID in our society, and the one lonely item - voting - on the other side, not requiring ID. This indefensible idiocy is not just imposed (and bragged about, per KT's item) by electeds, it is protected by "courts". But most concerning, it is passively or actively accepted by tens of millions of "Americans". This is the sort of thing that makes it impossible to be informed, rational, and optimistic all at the same time.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (U/Byj)

64 Will Stancil continues to whine:

You know I would have thought one silver lining of being in a city under siege is that you’d get skinny and hot but instead I sit in my car all day getting fat and not having time to work out

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (n1OCj)

65 >>>Our Big Dummy will carry Demond Wilson's work on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>So now this blog is the BDLOSHQ?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (oT7pT)

66 We're also lucky that the Left's good enough philosophy is evident in their 'revolution' .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:53 AM (cwGMH)

67
What day is breed judging at Javits?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 11:50 AM (Y1sOo)

Monday: Hounds, Non-Sporting, Herding, Toys

Tuesday: Working, Terrier, Sporting, Best in Show

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (tgvbd)

68 Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (n1OCj)

He must be a homo.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (cwGMH)

69 You know I would have thought one silver lining of being in a city under siege is that you’d get skinny and hot but instead I sit in my car all day getting fat and not having time to work out

It's just like being in the French Resistance in 1943!

Posted by: Whiny Will! at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (n1OCj)

70 Everyone's in on the grift.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM

Yep. Everyone. At every level of government and national institution. In every state.

Remember the Plandemic where the entire medical industry was compromised. Dancing nurses. Lying about masks and distancing and treatments. Purposely wrongly classifying patients and deaths and giving incorrect treatment to ensure people died to get federal C.A.R.E.S. Act money.

Can't trust anyone in any government or private institution anymore. Everyone is lying to you. Everyone is corrupt. Government, media, schools, entertainment, corporations, businesses, banks, medical industry, science industry, you name it.

Even religions and churches. Going back to Obama Administration with the Catholic Church supporting him and illegal invasion. The popes for as long as I can remember have been leftists. And on and on and on.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (P5BPp)

71 Noticing this is evil, evil, evil - you're free to denounce "whiteness" all day long, but don't you dare notice that Scandis are terminally naive.
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That’s the strategy, and remarkably effective. The movers and shakers know how to best keep the population off balance, back on their heels, and fighting amongst themselves. That’s ultimately what all this is about, destabilizing society and fomenting revolution.

The “newcomers” cannot, and should not be expected to follow the norms of civilized society. That’s all “white supremacy” and oppression. Expectations - to be reasonably free from violent crime - that makes you a nazi, you see.

They’ve been laying the groundwork, the mind fuckery, guilt trips and gaslighting for years. They got this shit down to a science for sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 11:55 AM (Ai1Ju)

72 Article at American Thinker yesterday or so on Canada's die as fast as you can. Wouldn't doubt or Leftists are following their lead

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:55 AM (Ia/+0)

73 this is very much OT but it is very important.

Per La Nacion (Argentina) Delcy Rodriguez, the new Pres of Venezuela has announced she is promulgating a general amnesty law covering the entire period of political violence from 1999 to the present, and is closing the political prison called The Helicoide - a rather odd looking shopping mall in Caracas that was converted into a political prison by Chavez.

This isn't as big as closing, say, the Lubyanka, but it is really f'n big.

This may be a recovery from the Chavism and a step back from a dictatorship - It might get Rodriquez re-elected.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

74 50 The result is a kind of legal donut hole, a void where law simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist. Authorities face an impossible dilemma. . .“

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A "twilight zone" if you will.

a zone of sparkly vampires

Posted by: anachronda at January 31, 2026 11:56 AM (edU/H)

75 Nick Shirley did the smart thing and went to a place he can wear shorts and a t-shirt (San Diego) to open his next can of worms. Supposed to hit 80 today. Swimming workout at a college pool with the deck covered by (mostly) hawt co-eds working on their skin cancer looks like the call.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 11:56 AM (U/Byj)

76 Only a gay guy or a woman would say getting skinny and hot is a silver lining.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:56 AM (cwGMH)

77 We need to split the union. Let them form city states and leave the rest of us to our freedom. Cut them off from all federal funding. And the courts can eat shit too. It's time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 31, 2026 11:57 AM (g8Ew8)

78 Even religions and churches. Going back to Obama Administration with the Catholic Church supporting him and illegal invasion. The popes for as long as I can remember have been leftists. And on and on and on.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (P5BPp)

I think that was one of the more revealing things that happened during Covid. Government told churches to close their doors, and they closed their doors.

Bars and casinos stayed open, but churches closed. The Faithful were getting sick, were getting discouraged, were losing their way, and the churches said "Go away, we're closed."

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 11:58 AM (K8/Vy)

79 Nothing on this great year of Trump has made me change my mind that we are not getting back to our republic peacefully. In fact the last year has reinforced that belief. The left is going collectively bonkers and must be put down hard and with prejudice for humanity’s sake.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 31, 2026 11:18 AM (xvV+O)

Absolutely. You see what they're threatening to do if they get back in power. Its never about how to improve the country, or what they'll do for the country. Its always about tyranny, what they are going to do TO people, and how they'll make them pay. It always about who *deserves* to pay when they pass one of their fucked up laws. You hear them talking about deprogramming trump supporters. No, they can never ever be allowed to gain power again, because if it happens there's going to be gun fire, and the choice will be who ends up in a shallow grave, them or you.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 11:58 AM (snZF9)

80 Will Stancil continues to whine:

You know I would have thought one silver lining of being in a city under siege is that you’d get skinny and hot but instead I sit in my car all day getting fat and not having time to work out
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (n1OCj)

according to a guy who survived Sarajevo and wrote a book on it, during the siege, a can of Spam and a warm room would buy you a night with just about any woman you asked, so there is that, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)

81 If you’re counting on any political to do everything they promised, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
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Of course not. Americans reasonably expect elected officials to do their best to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. That’s their JOB.

If they don’t want to do that, then they need to find another line of work. Instead they think it’s their right to destroy the system from within while simultaneously enriching themselves, and causing even more strife and misery.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 11:59 AM (Ai1Ju)

82 60 Another thing Leftists do that's not political is have a philosophy of 'good enough'. And cause it in society as a whole. You see it in all commie countries.

They work only as much as is necessary and don't care about the quality of their work because they have no self pride in their work product.

agile?

Posted by: anachronda at January 31, 2026 12:00 PM (edU/H)

83 My point was casting stones.

It is here now, it's time to concentrate on the ever increasing states that are adopting the belief and work to prevent it from spreading here.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 12:00 PM (F3Dlr)

84 Even religions and churches. Going back to Obama Administration with the Catholic Church supporting him and illegal invasion.

What are we - chopped liver?

Posted by: Lutheran Family Services! at January 31, 2026 12:00 PM (n1OCj)

85 Democrats have always, and will always be about what they’re going to do to people, not what they’re going to do for them. Unless you’re an illegal immigrant, of course.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:01 PM (nmw7B)

86 Certainly the left and right look at things differently. One thing I've noticed is that the left never, ever lets up on their efforts. Whether it's in the social or political arena, they never quit.

Many on the right look at an election won and think "the fight's over, we won." And quit. Same goes for some social policy or whatever... one person who's clearly insane and thinks they're a woman is run out of the sport they're participating in or out of the woman's locker room and the right thinks the transgender fight is over.

The issues surrounding illegals, fraud and ICE in Minnesota are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. There was no "win" in Minneapolis. There was an agreement by the local government to abide by the minimum federal law requirement regarding the release of illegals into the communities.

Note; they'll still release them instead of holding them until ICE can detain them at a police station or wherever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM (jtM2q)

87 Of course not. Americans reasonably expect elected officials to do their best to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. That’s their JOB.

If they don’t want to do that, then they need to find another line of work. Instead they think it’s their right to destroy the system from within while simultaneously enriching themselves, and causing even more strife and misery.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 11:59 AM (Ai1Ju)

That's the problem, the people think it's their job to serve the people.

The politicians know what their job is: It's to serve the elites and the donor class.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM (K8/Vy)

88 You forget the federal government under Democrat leadership, and especially states under Democrat leadership forced and coerced churches to close.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM (nmw7B)

89 8 Demond Wilson, the original Lamont, is Mortadella.
Posted by: XTC at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (6Uni

Better than returning as a gabbaghoul.

Posted by: RIP you big dummy at January 31, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)

90 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Thanks. I meant your breed. I know Working is Tuesday. My male is sire to one of the Bullmastiff entries.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 12:03 PM (Y1sOo)

91 Clyde Shelton with a good description of the acid of corruption that has dissolved so much of the social and civic fabric.

Some bishop last week actually called to "defund ICE".

Of course there are third rails best left untouched, at least here. And the mystery of how a high-trust comparatively low-corruption society degrades becomes a little less mysterious.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 12:03 PM (U/Byj)

92 >>legal donut hole

Headline and excerpt: EU democracy now has fewer guardrails than the average hooker

By Rachel Marsden
January 31, 2026

https://tinyurl.com/y3vmnrsu

"The unelected European Commission is basically using policy and the absolute outer bounds of executive prerogative powers (that is, the powers to decide foreign policy and national security strategy) as a substitute for the checks and balances of legal due process. And they absolutely neglect to define any terms in a way that people can understand, avoid punishment, or even argue coherently that they’re not in breach. You want to accuse someone of working for Russia? What does that even mean? It’s not like we’re talking about Russian officials here.

There seems to be a rampant and ridiculous assumption that because someone works in another country and agrees with its approach on certain things, they’ve abandoned their integrity and values at the border – along with their critical faculties. As if employment abroad automatically comes with a complimentary lobotomy."

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:04 PM (rbvCR)

93 89 Demond Wilson, Vietnam Vet, Army Infantry, Purple Heart.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 31, 2026 12:05 PM (gm9Sb)

94 Morn' all... Looks like something is up in Iran.. Lots of explosions...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 31, 2026 12:05 PM (VE6XX)

95 Another thing Leftists do that's not political is have a philosophy of 'good enough'. And cause it in society as a whole. You see it in all commie countries.

They work only as much as is necessary and don't care about the quality of their work because they have no self pride in their work product.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:50 AM

You just described pretty much all the outsourced Indian and Mexican "engineers" at my company. I think part of it is their culture, especially those in India. Not to mention, half of them seem to be retards. But what you describe is their "work ethic". They don't care about presentation, spelling, being prepared for meetings so the meetings are efficient, bothering to send out meeting notes and next step so the team knows the tasks and responsible people for them, etc.

There is simply no sense of the fact they are engineers and are supposed to pay attention to detail. We screw something up in our product design and best case it costs the company billions, worst case it costs customers injuries or their lives. But nah, these outsourced retards don't give a damn.

And worse, none of the people in charge hold them accountable.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:06 PM (P5BPp)

96 From my experience handling Workers Compensation claims, if you make it easy to cheat the system they are going to cheat the system. But these grifters are lazy and if you just make them have to work hard to cheat the system you will eliminate 90% of the grifters.

It's just so damn easy to cheat the welfare system.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 12:07 PM (cwGMH)

97
Thanks. I meant your breed. I know Working is Tuesday. My male is sire to one of the Bullmastiff entries.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 12:03 PM (Y1sOo)

Borzoi are judged Monday at 2:15. I think they have to be on the bench at 10:00 and can't leave until 4:00. The benching space is smaller than the smallest crate The Big Dummy can fit in. However, it's not my problem.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 12:07 PM (tgvbd)

98 The crime syndicate will kill millions without batting an eye.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:08 PM (gw/qA)

99 This may be a recovery from the Chavism and a step back from a dictatorship - It might get Rodriquez re-elected.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

I wouldn’t bet on elections happening any time soon, but you are right, this is a huge step in the right direction. The worst group in Venezuela has been the paramilitary forces and street thugs run by Interior Minister Diadoso Caballo; he was the arm of terror inside Venezuela, and he answered to no one but Maduro (and him barely). He has always been a rival to the Rodriguez family (Delcy and her brother, who runs the legislature)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 12:08 PM (IUuBi)

100 You forget the federal government under Democrat leadership, and especially states under Democrat leadership forced and coerced churches to close.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM (nmw7B)

Reminds me of that time when Jesus was going around Galilee, and He came upon a town, with a sign out front that said: "No Preaching."

So Jesus saw the sign, He said to His disciples, "Sorry boys, they are forcing us to close," so they turned around and went the other way.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:11 PM (+p+ZH)

101 The federal government is a swindle. Always has been and always will be.

Posted by: Broke, Borrowed and In Debt at January 31, 2026 12:12 PM (R/m4+)

102 There is no law requiring local/state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

That's the problem.

Well actually the problem is that there is zero will or desire at the federal level, outside this temporary anomaly of the Trump crew, to do anything whatsoever to enforce immigration laws, sovereignty, or borders. Because if there were, there'd be decisive, easy action to compel state cooperation: $$$$.

I can write the language without even sending it to legislative counsel. Short. Require certification from DOJ/DHS of full cooperation from local authorities before any appropriated $$ can be disbursed to a given jurisdiction. Game over, instantly. If you don't understand, check out "55MPH" speed limits, or dozens of other policies forced on the states vis conditional appropriations.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 12:12 PM (U/Byj)

103 So Trump and Rubio have hit on a brilliant way to curtail Caballo’s power, one that has not been remarked on much. The only money Venezuela has is from oil sales and drug running. Drug running is cut way back, thanks to the fleet, and now all oil money is funneled through Delcy Rodriguez.
Caballo only gets money to keep his thugs paid by asking Delcy for it, and those two have always despised each other. Plus , everything she doesn’t give him she gets to keep for herself. As I said, it’s brilliant. The thugs won’t be openly abolished, but they will die on the vine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 12:13 PM (IUuBi)

104 > but it’s fascinating how paranoiac mania over that imagined offense has evolved into vast crimes in 24 hours
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"I know, right? Fascinat-"
(chop)

-Maximilien Robespierre

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 12:15 PM (ZxPkt)

105 Don’t want to live in your pee and poo? Canada may be just right for you!

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM (IAc3W)

106 You forget the federal government under Democrat leadership, and especially states under Democrat leadership forced and coerced churches to close.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM

I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM (lrtx8)

107
64 Will Stancil continues to whine:

You know I would have thought one silver lining of being in a city under siege is that you’d get skinny and hot but instead I sit in my car all day getting fat and not having time to work out
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM

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The good news is, every BTU of methane his disordered digestion causes him to fart into his car's upholstery represents body fat not accumulated.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (ES1Rb)

108 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

109
I don't like Somali pirates.
Posted by: runner

They're eating the dogs.
They're eating the cats.
They're eating the parrots.

Posted by: Booji Boy at January 31, 2026 12:27 PM (sPCyh)

110 I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM (lrtx

Even the modern church is fake and ghey, just like every other venerated institution.

Posted by: FedGov, the courts, corporate america, education at January 31, 2026 12:27 PM (TbWk/)

111 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

Is there a way for ICE supporters to jam ham radios?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 12:28 PM (Bw1/o)

112 As of now, 12 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This includes states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, among others.

California's version should be applied to Nancy Pelosi.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:28 PM (QZThv)

113 The point of modern government is Looting the taxpayers. Anything else it dies us incidental

Posted by: 18-1 at January 31, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

114 Somalis and their ilk act like an invasive species. Come in where they don't belong, choke out the native species, ravage all available resources, and destroy the ecosystem.

Posted by: BUT BUT BUT THEY'RE PEOPLE TOO! at January 31, 2026 12:29 PM (TbWk/)

115
I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Every bishop should have told the civil authorities to go piss up a rope. That while the faithful were dispensed from their obligations, every church would remain open and that Mass would be held every day. And that they themselves would be willing to be arrested if need be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 12:30 PM (tgvbd)

116 You forget the federal government under Democrat leadership, and especially states under Democrat leadership forced and coerced churches to close.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM

Reminds me of that time when Jesus was going around Galilee, and He came upon a town, with a sign out front that said: "No Preaching."

So Jesus saw the sign, He said to His disciples, "Sorry boys, they are forcing us to close," so they turned around and went the other way.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:11 PM

That's my take on this statement as well. Remember when we were all told to stay inside, yet after George Floyd died of a drug overdose, BLM took to the streets and dancing nurses went outside and cheered them on.

Churches could have stayed open had they done what they should have done and collectively defied the government. As pretty much everyone on the left did. Instead, churchgoers collectively cowered at home, too many of them also falling for the BS about the Plandemic.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:32 PM (P5BPp)

117 The “newcomers” cannot, and should not be expected to follow the norms of civilized society. That’s all “white supremacy” and oppression. Expectations - to be reasonably free from violent crime - that makes you a nazi, you see.

Related: now that the war has killed most of the white men in the Ukraine, Zelensky the dick pianist is mass importing Africans and running ads encouraging women to bang them. I don't think he understands that the great replacement isn't supposed to be that obvious.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:33 PM (QZThv)

118 The social contract that binds citizens to respect democratically enacted rules, even those they oppose, becomes entirely situational and voluntary.

But it's not just "democratically enacted" rules. It's the essence of a Republic which they want to make conditional. That is, long established rules and norms; things like common law and preset agreements like rights and constitutions.

I also think you're wrong about a lot of the people. They do in fact think they're practicing "democracy" - that is, populist rule. It's why the media pushes so hard to make the riots and such a grassroots effort. It is why these folks stay inside their bubble. They need the bandwagon effect to make it look like "this is what the people want."

Posted by: GWB at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (IXgFt)

119 The point of modern government is Looting the taxpayers. Anything else it dies us incidental
Posted by: 18-1 at January 31, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

But why do they need taxpayers, when they can just print money?

It starts to look like the purpose of taxpaying is to keep the riff raff enslaved.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (mKmH+)

120 We have discussed this piece before, but I don't think we have emphasized the honor system factor, based partly on a previous Norwegian high-trust society which was prominent in Michigan (Ooops - Minnesota - hope it doesn't spread) for a long time.
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One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (AlhUl)

121 From the synopsis, the movie The Iron Lung does not promise to be the "feel good" movie of 2026.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (rbvCR)

122 Well actually the problem is that there is zero will or desire at the federal level, outside this temporary anomaly of the Trump crew, to do anything whatsoever to enforce immigration laws, sovereignty, or borders. Because if there were, there'd be decisive, easy action to compel state cooperation: $$$$.

I can write the language without even sending it to legislative counsel. Short. Require certification from DOJ/DHS of full cooperation from local authorities before any appropriated $$ can be disbursed to a given jurisdiction. Game over, instantly. If you don't understand, check out "55MPH" speed limits, or dozens of other policies forced on the states vis conditional appropriations.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 12:12 PM

Exactly. This is not a case of not enough laws. This is a case of lack of will to enforce laws that have been on the books for decades. And the reason there is no will to do it, is because the UniParty is in on the illegal invasion. This has been evident since the amnesty push by W, McCain and Grahmnesty in 2006. The GOP has not changed in the past 20 years. The Trump Administration is not the GOP, they are MAGA. But the GOP is not MAGA.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:36 PM (P5BPp)

123 The Melania movie is great.
Go see it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 12:36 PM (2Ez/1)

124 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

They better have better encryption.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

125 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM

The US military can jam those frequencies if they want to.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (0N4FZ)

126 One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM

I'm open. When would a low-trust society be superior?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (lrtx8)

127 Not only better encryption, but some way to figure out the bogus transmissions inserted into the net from hobbyists

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR)

128 I love this!! The "Proud of us" movement in Britain sounds wonderful. Make British history classes great again. And I love the claymation art style of the little British working folks fighting to make a difference! Brilliant work. We need this here too.

Only 64% of Brits feel proud to be British. Demoralization by design is what lets the color revolutions happen in the west. Yuri warned us.

@Artemisfornow
I wonder how much of this history is being taught in our progressive schools? Probably not much.
Working class British people deserve more than the contempt they’re given by government and liberal shills who hate us.
Britain deserves better.

https://x.com/Artemisfornow/status/
2017153317969842366

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 12:38 PM (gWBY1)

129 I'm hoping Don Lemon gets sent to a prison that doesn't allow buggery.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 31, 2026 12:38 PM (p31pK)

130 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

Are they licensed? If not the Friendly Candy Commision will not be very kind. Hefty fine. They'll be very easy to find if the FCC sets up a van somewhere in the vicinity.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 12:39 PM (5xuJ/)

131 126 One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM

I'm open. When would a low-trust society be superior?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (lrtx

How are we defining "high trust" and "low trust" societies? What are the necessary and sufficient conditions for each?

Posted by: Seems an important step in the discussion at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM (TbWk/)

132 I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM (lrtx

I did quit my church when they bent the knee to Baal. Their descent into idol worship has been heartbreaking...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM (nbLIj)

133 Every bishop should have told the civil authorities to go piss up a rope. That while the faithful were dispensed from their obligations, every church would remain open and that Mass would be held every day. And that they themselves would be willing to be arrested if need be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 12:30 PM (tgvbd)

The irony is, if they had the courage to do that, there's no freakin' way government would have gone after them.

It could have been a watershed moment, with church leaders standing on the steps of their houses of worship, inviting any and all to come in, and receive the blessings of Christ, in this time of strife.

If ANY government sent a bunch of cops or Natty Guardsmen to close the churches down, I would imagine a LOT of those cops and soldiers would have said no, and joined the Faithful.

But no, we gotta protect our tax exempt status. No Word Of the Lord for you.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM (lNoSp)

134 Guten morgen from the House of Former Plague. Pooky is now suffering from not taking his pills yesterday and taking care of Lil Pooky. Pookette is trying to rest up before her turn kneeling at the porcelain throne. I'm drained, so Lil Pooky and I are just going through his Frankfurt Radio Symphony playlist.

Posted by: pookysgirl still needs rest at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM (Wt5PA)

135 Hopefully Bad Bunny is still going to do the halftime show and Netflix will show all the episodes of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" so I can see Gus Fring in all his glory while getting me some smokes and liquor on my EBT card at Wendys! I love Gus!

Posted by: Minnesota Voter at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (R/m4+)

136
120

One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM

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It's good until the enforcement mechanism dies. The ancient enforcement mechanism was to not starve or freeze to death. The unprecedented material wealth of modern Western societies has done away with that mechanism.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (pW3IX)

137 I'm open. When would a low-trust society be superior?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (lrtx

One of the things that allowed large scale commerce was getting rid of the need for personal relationships and trust for deals to be made.
If you don't need to trust anyone to make that deal for . . . I dunno, Copper? -- then it is easier to make deals for commodities and services

Think of making a deal for a million dollars on a handshake for someone you don't know and can't verify. That is a low trust situation. You have to engineer it so trust is not a factor.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (rbvCR)

138 I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM

A friend of mine who was involved with his church leadership ended up quitting his church a year or so after churches started holding services again after COVID. His reason was that because of not holding in-person services during COVID, a lot of the congregation did not return. So the church leadership was running low on money and decided they needed to do two things: (1) raise the money leadership members were required to donate to the church and (2) change the outreach to attract a different demographic of people into the congregation. So they went full focus on woke and diversity and inclusion.

Of course that backfired. Not only did they not attract more people, they offended most of the original congregation that remained.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (P5BPp)

139 121 From the synopsis, the movie The Iron Lung does not promise to be the "feel good" movie of 2026.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (rbvCR)

If you know anything about the game it's based on then it's definitely not anywhere close to anything remotely resembling feeling good.

Posted by: Kinda doomy at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (TbWk/)

140 FINALLY!!!

DJT told Cuckson, oWens and the rest to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣

New Video !!

https://tinyurl.com/474d92jr

(KT, please send to ace and COBS ...)

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 12:42 PM (g47mK)

141 Lamont Sanford morte at 79

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM (abIsI)

142 Are they licensed? If not the Friendly Candy Commision will not be very kind. Hefty fine. They'll be very easy to find if the FCC sets up a van somewhere in the vicinity.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 12:39 PM (5xuJ/)

Ah, the alternative acronyms I learn from this place!

Posted by: pookysgirl needs to figure out her favorite at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM (Wt5PA)

143 One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?

Japan is arguably the highest-trust society in the world. Even liberals come back from it in awe of how clean and orderly and safe it is, they just misinterpret why/how that is. You can walk through dark alleys in Tokyo at 3 AM and nothing will happen to you. If there are bad things about that I've not heard any.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM (QZThv)

144 I will not wait for the overaged AOSHQ groyper brigade (basically 3-4 losers ) to try defend garbage mouths' honor. So I am counting on the normals to appreciate it!

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 12:44 PM (g47mK)

145 If I had to bet money on Lemon it would be he doesn't see a inside of a jail

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 12:44 PM (Ia/+0)

146 >>> The Melania movie is great.
Go see it. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 12:36 PM (2Ez/1)

The TDS critics reviews are almost a parody. One basically said Ratner is the new a Leni Riefenstahl without style. "Trump of the Will" propaganda for the TDS elites to hate. And every article had to bring up Ratner's sexual assault allegations.

The critics said watching it was excruciating. Now they know how I felt sitting through An Inconvenient Truth.

A Mamdami documentary is coming out soon. I doubt critics will call that "propaganda." It's the same exact thing as Melania's: a documentary on a specific period of time for a political figure, building to a moment of triumph. (Trump inauguration vs the NYC election.) but they will treat it like a hagiography of Mamdami.

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 12:45 PM (gWBY1)

147 FINALLY!!!

DJT told Cuckson, oWens and the rest to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
-

End says Dilley Meme Team produced the video. Misleads everyone with the DT account template.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 12:45 PM (GHvvy)

148 I knew when I voted for it that Measure A wasn't going to be let stand. But it was worth a shot.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 31, 2026 12:46 PM (QGaXH)

149 140 FINALLY!!!

DJT told Cuckson, oWens and the rest to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣

New Video !!

https://tinyurl.com/474d92jr

(KT, please send to ace and COBS ...)
Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 12:42 PM (g47mK)

No he didn't. The guy who made the video said that.

Posted by: Let's keep it accurate please at January 31, 2026 12:46 PM (TbWk/)

150 108 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.

that'll at least keep the islamists out

Posted by: anachronda at January 31, 2026 12:46 PM (edU/H)

151 I note that my mother really liked visiting Singapore. It was so clean and orderly. I pointed out that it was rather severe in limiting rights there. Her response was that "You have the right to do right."

A West Texas Prussian she was.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:46 PM (lrtx8)

152 The Melania movie has one of the most lopsided critics vs. audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes of all time. 7% vs 99% positive.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:47 PM (QZThv)

153 RIP ya big dummy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:47 PM (lrtx8)

154 Well, we are in the midst of a full-blown insurgency. This is no longer a joke.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 31, 2026 12:48 PM (4b7CV)

155 >If I had to bet money on Lemon it would be he doesn't see a inside of a jail

Posted by: Skip
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8 hours community service, $50 fine
NEXT

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

156 Just saw that Demond Wilson passed yesterday

No more Big Dummy

Posted by: PMRich at January 31, 2026 12:49 PM (RqfTw)

157 152 The Melania movie has one of the most lopsided critics vs. audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes of all time. 7% vs 99% positive.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:47 PM (QZThv)

Sure. The left-wing faggot movie critics hated it while the normies loved it. Favorable indicator that it's a good film for those inclined to see it.

Posted by: If critics hate it, go see it at January 31, 2026 12:49 PM (TbWk/)

158 Great read KT. Save me from having to buy some red yarn.

The red yarn traces back to them all.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 31, 2026 12:49 PM (EyfuW)

159 If ANY government sent a bunch of cops or Natty Guardsmen to close the churches down, I would imagine a LOT of those cops and soldiers would have said no, and joined the Faithful.

But no, we gotta protect our tax exempt status. No Word Of the Lord for you.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM

Unfortunately, this did happen in a neighborhood in Chicago during the Plandemic. Police were sent and the church services shut down.

The church in Chicago that was notably shut down (or had its gathering dispersed) by police during the early COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was St. Odisho Assyrian Church (also referred to as Saint Odisho Church or Mar Odisho Church), an Assyrian Church of the East parish located in the Pulaski Park area on the northwest side (around 6200 North Pulaski Road).

On March 29, 2020 (a Sunday), Chicago police responded to reports of a large gathering inside the church during a funeral service.

Full Grok summary: https://bit.ly/4bA6v8l

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (P5BPp)

160 If I had to bet money on Lemon it would be he doesn't see a inside of a jail

He'd really enjoy jail, so we'd need to come up with some alternative form of punishment.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (QZThv)

161 X mentions numerous unexplained building explosions in Iran today

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (ZxPkt)

162 I will not wait for the overaged AOSHQ groyper brigade (basically 3-4 losers ) to try defend garbage mouths' honor. So I am counting on the normals to appreciate it!
Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 12:44 PM (g47mK)

Freedom means obeying, after all.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

163
The insurrectionists switching to ham radio because their internet apps are compromised, is reminiscent of Hezbollah moving to pagers, for the same reason.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (biznJ)

164 Unfortunately, this did happen in a neighborhood in Chicago during the Plandemic. Police were sent and the church services shut down.

The church in Chicago that was notably shut down (or had its gathering dispersed) by police during the early COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was St. Odisho Assyrian Church (also referred to as Saint Odisho Church or Mar Odisho Church), an Assyrian Church of the East parish located in the Pulaski Park area on the northwest side (around 6200 North Pulaski Road).

On March 29, 2020 (a Sunday), Chicago police responded to reports of a large gathering inside the church during a funeral service.

Full Grok summary: https://bit.ly/4bA6v8l
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (P5BPp)

That's impossible. They're Heroes in Blue™ who serve and protect, and faithfully uphold their oaths to uphold the Constitution.

Posted by: Push comes to shove they follow orders at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (TbWk/)

165 X mentions numerous unexplained building explosions in Iran today

Probably the Mossad greasing some skids.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:52 PM (QZThv)

166 I wonder if Rollo is still alive?

Posted by: Julio at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (R/m4+)

167 I wonder if Spain is headed for another civil war?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)

168 @Artemisfornow
I wonder how much of this history is being taught in our progressive schools? Probably not much.
Working class British people deserve more than the contempt they’re given by government and liberal shills who hate us.
Britain deserves better.
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I noted here several years ago that the UNC School of Journalism (ranked 4th in the nation) had eliminated any requirement for any history courses pre-1865, and also eliminated Econ 101:

"In 2015, the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism (now the Hussman School of Journalism and Media) updated its curriculum to eliminate required foundational courses, including certain history and economics classes, aiming to provide more flexibility for students. "

Posted by: MacArthur Park at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (XeU6L)

169 The insurrectionists switching to ham radio because their internet apps are compromised, is reminiscent of Hezbollah moving to pagers, for the same reason.

Ham radio is not encrypted and is trivially jammable, especially in urban environments. So yeah, it's very reminiscent.

Also, it's not for nothing that the best name anyone's come up with for Antifa is "Vanilla ISIS".

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (QZThv)

170 I guess I'm lucky to have a good police department. Thank God for small town Southern living.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:54 PM (lrtx8)

171 Oops /MacArthur Park

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 12:54 PM (XeU6L)

172 Eight!!!???
Hell, I vouch for all you 'Ron and 'Ettes!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:54 PM (2WIwB)

173 Eight!!!???
Hell, I vouch for all you 'Ron and 'Ettes!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:54 PM

That garrett guy is a little sketchy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:55 PM (lrtx8)

174 One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?

Japan is arguably the highest-trust society in the world. Even liberals come back from it in awe of how clean and orderly and safe it is, they just misinterpret why/how that is. You can walk through dark alleys in Tokyo at 3 AM and nothing will happen to you. If there are bad things about that I've not heard any.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM

That unfortunately has changed over the past few years when Japan started to allow immigration from third world shitholes. However, Japan just recently elected new leadership in government who is basically the Japanese version of Trump and her plan is to deport every last one of these people.

And her explicit reason is because these third world jackasses have no respect for Japanese culture and are turning it into a shithole like their home countries.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:55 PM (P5BPp)

175 Speaking of Trump telling Candace to shut up...

Maybe I'm a cynical autist who has been in the marketing field too long, but I listened to the leaked audio of Erika after Charlie's memorial, rallying and thanking the TPUSA staff. It doesn't ring alarm bells for me, I wasn't shocked. It was marketing team meeting 101, with personal touches, after a tragedy.

None of what she said sounded weird or callous or "off" to me. Am I missing something? I just don't get why people are so quick to hang her high and act like she's not mourning properly. And Candace wants her destroyed for reasons I don't know.

Plenty of grieving people can pull it together after a spouse dies. Including those that have an unshakable belief in heaven and know they will see their spouse again. Not everyone goes full sackcloth and ashes, even if they deeply loved the person. Erika was a powerhouse before Charlie met her. She was a force, who gave up worldly power and influence to support Charlie and raise their kids. She's putting on her CEO pants now and running a company. Something that I could tell from 5 minutes of researching her background she'll be able to handle. I thought libs want boss babes?

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 12:57 PM (gWBY1)

176
Disrupting the communication networks of the insurrection psy op has the greatest return for effort of any measure taken against them. Their operation lives or dies by rapid communication capability.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:58 PM (biznJ)

177 Schrödinger’s Government

heh.
Trust me, did deep enough into what the dems are doing and you will be assailed by the stench of Marxism.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:58 PM (2WIwB)

178 That garrett guy is a little sketchy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:55 PM (lrtx

Point taken.
Maybe it takes two or three "rons to vouch for that guy?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:59 PM (2WIwB)

179 I am confident that in the long run, right will prevail. As it did in 1815 at Waterloo, 1865 at Appomatox and 1945 in Tokyo Bay. But look at the cost. The Democrat party does not care.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 31, 2026 12:59 PM (4b7CV)

180 The law only exists for those who obey it. This seems to be the Democrat operating principle.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 31, 2026 01:01 PM (MZ+PY)

181 Just saw that Demond Wilson passed yesterday

No more Big Dummy

Posted by: PMRich at January 31, 2026 12:49 PM (RqfTw)
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We'll always have Ace!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:02 PM (GHvvy)

182 If our government is unpleasing to the eyes, your government would not allow any sharing of power or money.

If your government were here, i would be killed. Then trust is not needed.

Trust is like the collar pin holding a vast machine together.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 31, 2026 01:02 PM (EyfuW)

183 Unfortunately, this did happen in a neighborhood in Chicago during the Plandemic. Police were sent and the church services shut down.

The church in Chicago that was notably shut down (or had its gathering dispersed) by police during the early COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was St. Odisho Assyrian Church (also referred to as Saint Odisho Church or Mar Odisho Church), an Assyrian Church of the East parish located in the Pulaski Park area on the northwest side (around 6200 North Pulaski Road).

On March 29, 2020 (a Sunday), Chicago police responded to reports of a large gathering inside the church during a funeral service.

Full Grok summary: https://bit.ly/4bA6v8l
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (P5BPp)

Yeah, I wouldn't expect Chicago cops to go against the man.

In Colorado, when the state passed gun grabber laws, several sheriffs announced they would not enforce it.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:03 PM (42HNu)

184 It doesn’t matter whether it is an “unalloyed good” or not don’t let the perfect get in the way of the good. It is the pre-requisite of a functioning society, not a secondary product or derivative. We as a society seem to have forgotten that, at the institutional level.

As a result, instead of locking up the crooks they lock up the shampoo. This is ultimately unworkable.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 01:03 PM (x4uGH)

185 Unfortunately, this did happen in a neighborhood in Chicago during the Plandemic. Police were sent and the church services shut down.

Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (P5BPp)

Kind of makes the point, though. It didn't even have to be a majority of churches. Maybe a dozen out of the hundreds in a given city standing on their 1A freedom to practice their faith. Churches, synagogues, temples...make them stretch their enforcement resources week after week.

The fact that so few were willing to practice their faith in the face of oppression made it easy for that oppression to succeed. The number of lukewarm ministries exposed during that operation was heartbreaking.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:04 PM (nbLIj)

186 I am confident that in the long run, right will prevail. As it did in 1815 at Waterloo, 1865 at Appomatox and 1945 in Tokyo Bay. But look at the cost. The Democrat party does not care.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 31, 2026 12:59 PM

I used to think that. Until I saw the response during the Plandemic.

People allowing the government to mass murder their family members in hospitals and nursing homes. People allowing those hospitals and nursing homes to deny them access to their family members while they died.

People allowing their children to be masked up and "vaccinated".

If people will not even fight for their family and children, why would they fight for their country. The Plandemic response was eye-opening for me. And not in a good way.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:04 PM (P5BPp)

187 Disrupting the communication networks of the insurrection psy op has the greatest return for effort of any measure taken against them. Their operation lives or dies by rapid communication capability.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:58 PM (biznJ)

Its even more fun to spoof them. Get into their nets and send them to the wrong places, have them dress differently, etc. If you are effective enough, it forces the leadership to change their tactics, or to come find you...and that is like winning the game.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (2WIwB)

188 Brett Cooper runs down all the new insane socialist bills they are trying to enshrine into VA law:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAHfuDYIAUk

(Virginia politicians can already rent back their properties to the government, and are cleaning up. Which we taxpayers pay for. With a new VA bill, the politicians will also be able to use taxpayer money to buy property! So taxpayers will fund their mortgages and then pay their rent. What a disgusting, brilliant scam!)

And ShoeOnHead discusses Amelia!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=70uTOeDpgTo

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (gWBY1)

189 SEa

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

190 Freedom means obeying, after all.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

When Trump disagrees with someone, he let's the have it.

He uses more words, not less.

Those who have nothing to say are the ones who try to silence others.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (42HNu)

191
Sea monsters are real

https://tinyurl.com/5ccubz67

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

192 The law only exists for those who obey it. This seems to be the Democrat operating principle.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 31, 2026 01:01 PM

Another way of putting it...

The law only exists if there are those in a position of authority with the will to enforce it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:06 PM (P5BPp)

193 I guess I'm lucky to have a good police department. Thank God for small town Southern living.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Our small town is 30 miles from the county seat. Last week when the temp was -40 w/windchill and blustery, the treasurer and 2 others drove up to assist people with applying for the primary residence property tax credit, identity theft prevention, etc.
The chief of police also drove up, he met every person coming into the firehall, visited with them, then escorted them into the meeting room and directed them to the person we should meet with.
Small town, big benefits.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 01:06 PM (F3Dlr)

194 > Ham radio is not encrypted and is trivially jammable, especially in urban environments. So yeah, it's very reminiscent.
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"Ham radio" is somewhat generic. These insurrectionists could have access to P25 encrypted radios. They're ubiquitous anymore. Certainly there are methods to listen in, but I would not put it past some financer of these riots to have access to this tech, or something along the lines of the app "Zello."

The leftists, the ones pulling the strings and pouring money into the riots, they're nothing if not adaptable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 01:06 PM (jtM2q)

195 Boston’s Mayor Wu:

“Every single human being has the legal right to come to the United States and seek shelter”

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It's in the good and plenty clause.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 01:07 PM (J+Psw)

196
Experts!

Headline (The College Fix):

"Women’s & gender studies professor: Renee Good killed b/c she ‘knew white silence is violence’"

Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2026 01:07 PM (rj6Yv)

197 In Colorado, when the state passed gun grabber laws, several sheriffs announced they would not enforce it.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:03 PM

Same here in Michigan. When Wretched Whitmer announced all her lockdown orders, there were several Michigan sheriffs who stated they would not enforce most of her ridiculous nonsense.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:08 PM (P5BPp)

198 People allowing their children to be masked up and "vaccinated".

Correct. And those same people would go around and want anyone not masked up to be arrested, browbeaten, hauled away and vaporized. In a prison, your worst enemy is your fellow prisoners.

Still unbelievable years later.

Posted by: Men's Room Wall at January 31, 2026 01:09 PM (R/m4+)

199 The fact that so few were willing to practice their faith in the face of oppression made it easy for that oppression to succeed. The number of lukewarm ministries exposed during that operation was heartbreaking.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:04 PM (nbLIj)

It reminds me of those videos you see of sheepdogs herding their flock.

Dozens or hundreds of sheep will be running around, and the dog, through sheer speed and skill, will get EVERY sheep to move in the direction the dog decides.

If a handful of sheep were to defy the dog, with some going one way, and some going another, there's really not much the dog could do. He could stop one group of them, but not both, or all others who run off.

But sheep are sheep.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:09 PM (42HNu)

200 Not surprised the Virginia Deep State residents are looting the Republic

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 01:09 PM (Ia/+0)

201 Ah, the alternative acronyms I learn from this place!
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to figure out her favorite at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM (Wt5PA)

I, being an electronic geek as a teen in the 60's, had a, uh, radio station on the air. Nearly was caught. The Friendly Candy Company was what we geeks called them back then. Around 1964. A number of years later, I began work in the REAL broadcast world, back in the day when one had to possess a First Class Radiotelephone license issued by the FCC after passing a rigorous technical exam. Little did they know.....

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 01:10 PM (5xuJ/)

202 Plenty of grieving people can pull it together after a spouse dies. Including those that have an unshakable belief in heaven and know they will see their spouse again. Not everyone goes full sackcloth and ashes, even if they deeply loved the person.

She's been attacked both for grieving too much and not grieving enough. The attacking is the point. (That said, "not grieving enough" seems to especially resonate with AWFLs, who go loopy every time their vegan cat dies).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 01:11 PM (xComp)

203 130 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

Are they licensed? If not the Friendly Candy Commision will not be very kind. Hefty fine. They'll be very easy to find if the FCC sets up a van somewhere in the vicinity.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 12:39 PM (5xuJ/)

Maybe getting into a SIGINT pissing contest with the US government isn't the wisest tactical choice. There's lots of things the government sucks at, but you chose this?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 31, 2026 01:11 PM (w/O5Q)

204 You folks in the mid-north have too much time on your hands:

https://tinyurl.com/2s36sdyv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:11 PM (GHvvy)

205 Kind of makes the point, though. It didn't even have to be a majority of churches. Maybe a dozen out of the hundreds in a given city standing on their 1A freedom to practice their faith. Churches, synagogues, temples... make them stretch their enforcement resources week after week.

The fact that so few were willing to practice their faith in the face of oppression made it easy for that oppression to succeed. The number of lukewarm ministries exposed during that operation was heartbreaking.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:04 PM

100% agreed. And in my opinion what all churches should have done. There is no possible way local law enforcement could have shut down even a small number of the churches in a city if every church held their services.

Instead, almost all of them cowered to the Plandemic orders. Yet another thing that turned me away from church and religion overall over the years. Exposed the hypocrisy of religion when they could not stand for their beliefs in the time when it was the most important.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:12 PM (P5BPp)

206 Remember when that Kenyan said he would "fundamentally change the United States"?

This is that.

Now that we are a fully-feathered Matriarchy the Karen Klass Ruling Brood will just politely smile an earnest "I'll show YOU whose boss!" smile.

Embrace the suck.

Posted by: Dan Patterson at January 31, 2026 01:13 PM (m0F9m)

207 I just read Big Dummy Demond Wilson died yesterday.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 31, 2026 01:13 PM (p31pK)

208 "Ham radio" is somewhat generic. These insurrectionists could have access to P25 encrypted radios. They're ubiquitous anymore. Certainly there are methods to listen in, but I would not put it past some financer of these riots to have access to this tech, or something along the lines of the app "Zello."

The leftists, the ones pulling the strings and pouring money into the riots, they're nothing if not adaptable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 01:06 PM (jtM2q)

The carrier is still detectable and can be tracked. The modulation is encrypted.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 01:14 PM (5xuJ/)

209 LizLem at January 31, 2026 12:57 PM (gWBY1)

I really think Charlie Kirk's murder broke Candace Owens. It seems obvious to me now that she saw herself as Mrs. Kirk, and when she left (was forced out from?) TPUSA, she still held hopes that she might ultimately win him. Maybe her marriage was a step in her accepting reality, but his death sent her back into that emotional tailspin. She sees Erika as taking the limelight that she imagined for herself, so her mission now is to destroy it since she can't have it.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:16 PM (nbLIj)

210 Instead, almost all of them cowered to the Plandemic orders. Yet another thing that turned me away from church and religion overall over the years. Exposed the hypocrisy of religion when they could not stand for their beliefs in the time when it was the most important.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:12 PM (P5BPp)

Reminds me of that other passage from the Good Book, when Jesus was among the lepers. One of his disciples said "Teacher, how hast thou trod amongst the vermin and the insane, without covering thine face. And lo, Jesus replied, 'Oops, you are are right, brother. I almost forgot.' And so it was, Jesus donned the face diaper, and continues to minister to the disgusting filthy heathen scum."

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:18 PM (mPQMK)

211 I really think Charlie Kirk's murder broke Candace Owens. It seems obvious to me now that she saw herself as Mrs. Kirk, and when she left (was forced out from?) TPUSA, she still held hopes that she might ultimately win him. Maybe her marriage was a step in her accepting reality, but his death sent her back into that emotional tailspin. She sees Erika as taking the limelight that she imagined for herself, so her mission now is to destroy it since she can't have it.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:16 PM (nbLIj)

Or it's possible there really is something seriously wrong with TPUSA, and she's getting inside info from whistleblowers, who the organization is trying to hunt down and silence.

One or the other. Time will tell.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:20 PM (mPQMK)

212 No one wants to point out that only mono-ethnic societies have the capability of being high-trust societies. And only some of those.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 01:23 PM (IUuBi)

213 If I had to bet money on Lemon it would be he doesn't see a inside of a jail

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 12:44 PM (Ia/+0)
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I'm sorry. The betting window is closed now.

https://t.co/kdBzJXrIu0

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (GHvvy)

214 My Dad was a Norwegian from the Northwoods. Great guy. But spending so much time up there as a kid, it is funny these days the Norwegians are held up as the ideal immigrant stock.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (wGerL)

215 Peak Candace Owens was a week ago when she blasted the interwebs with her demand for the government to explain why the ice wasn’t melting, even though it was 30 degrees outside.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (IUuBi)

216 One or the other. Time will tell.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:20 PM (mPQMK)
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I feel sorry for you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (GHvvy)

217
The carrier is still detectable and can be tracked. The modulation is encrypted.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
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See: Foxhunt

Posted by: Mike Hammer, Know Code Extra at January 31, 2026 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

218 Same here in Michigan. When Wretched Whitmer announced all her lockdown orders, there were several Michigan sheriffs who stated they would not enforce most of her ridiculous nonsense.

I noted earlier that the state of Washington is considering a law that would allow the state government to remove recalcitrant elected sheriffs.

In most blue states, the majority of the counties are red and elect conservative sheriffs, so it makes sense that the blue state governments would want a mechanism to remove them.

Posted by: Lutheran Family Services! at January 31, 2026 01:28 PM (n1OCj)

219 Cthulhu spotted

https://tinyurl.com/yfnjzntv

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 01:29 PM (ZxPkt)

220 Tribalism is a mechanism for survival. I believe the Western world had advanced beyond this, which is what separates a modern first-world country from a third-world shithole. The more we engage with these illegal immigrants the further we get away from a modern civilization.

You get to choose your poison and from what I see, the left is devolving into barbarism.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 01:30 PM (oT7pT)

221 I feel sorry for you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (GHvvy)

I know. I have this thing about seeking truth, even when it goes against what I've been led to believe.

These last few years have seen a LOT of my prior beliefs pierced by reality.

I am sometimes jealous of those who can continue to believe their pre-ordained narratives, in spite of facts.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:31 PM (yKTt/)

222 >>> You folks in the mid-north have too much time on your hands: https://tinyurl.com/2s36sdyv

I love it! And I note that there is plenty of room on for snow jack to get on the door next to snow rose before he freezes to death.

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 01:32 PM (gWBY1)

223 The carrier is still detectable and can be tracked. The modulation is encrypted.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
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See: Foxhunt
Posted by: Mike Hammer, Know Code Extra at January 31, 2026 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

When sighting in our news MW trucks (with digital MW transmitters) to the recieve sites, all I needed was the spectrum analyzer to peak the signal. Or going

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 01:32 PM (5xuJ/)

224 I know. I have this thing about seeking truth, even when it goes against what I've been led to believe.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:31 PM (yKTt/)
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No. You're an easy con.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:33 PM (GHvvy)

225 I just realized this week that a particular student who comes into our math help center

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 31, 2026 01:33 PM (uR/3t)

226 No. You're an easy con.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:33 PM (GHvvy)

You don't know me.

And what you think of me matters to me, not at all.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:34 PM (yKTt/)

227 225 I just realized this week that a particular student who comes into our math help center

you can't just leave us hanging like that! what about the particular student who comes into your math help center?

Posted by: anachronda at January 31, 2026 01:34 PM (edU/H)

228 Or it's possible there really is something seriously wrong with TPUSA, and she's getting inside info from whistleblowers, who the organization is trying to hunt down and silence.

One or the other. Time will tell.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:20 PM (mPQMK)

Well now I'm curious. Do you give equal weight to either scenario or are you leaning one way or the other?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:35 PM (nbLIj)

229 Or it's possible there really is something seriously wrong with TPUSA, and she's getting inside info from whistleblowers, who the organization is trying to hunt down and silence.

One or the other. Time will tell.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:20 PM

Yep. Personally, I never understood the seeming hero-worship of Charlie Kirk and now seemingly Erika Kirk. And by extension, the infallibility of TPUSA.

The only political personality I have ever really had an admiration for was Rush Limbaugh. So maybe if Rush had been assassinated, I would feel the same as some of the Kirk worshipers, but I dunno. I still knew Rush was fallible and not right all the time. With Charlie, Erika and TPUSA as an extension of Charlie, it seems their supporters find they are beyond criticism, simply because someone assassinated Charlie.

I stopped listening to Owens years ago when I felt she was just yet another "conservative" influencer/grifter. But I also feel the same about most of the popular "conservative" content creators. I follow most for news, but I don't believe any of them are for anything other than increasing their "brand".

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:35 PM (P5BPp)

230 Here’s a new book you could buy.

The Antichrist and International Zionism
On The Advent Of The Antichrist Prepared By Israel And International Zionism
By: Darius L Nehemiah

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 01:36 PM (J+Psw)

231 >>> I am sometimes jealous of those who can continue to believe their pre-ordained narratives, in spite of facts.

Right? I sometimes look at my friends on social media with TDS, who I still adore, and admire how they have so much high trust in legacy media, they swallow whatever "sharonsaysso" tells them on Instagram.

(I see waaaay too many reposts of elitists like sharonsaysso.)

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 01:37 PM (gWBY1)

232
When sighting in our news MW trucks (with digital MW transmitters) to the recieve sites, all I needed was the spectrum analyzer to peak the signal.
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Good for point-to-point, but provides no location data beyond, 'It's in that direction'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, Know Code Extra at January 31, 2026 01:41 PM (XeU6L)

233 I am sometimes jealous of those who can continue to believe their pre-ordained narratives, in spite of facts.

Right? I sometimes look at my friends on social media with TDS, who I still adore, and admire how they have so much high trust in legacy media, they swallow whatever "sharonsaysso" tells them on Instagram.

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 01:37 PM

That kind of thing I don't understand. Maybe I am just naturally skeptical and untrusting of people, especially after having dealt with betrayal pretty early in life, but I don't get the mindset of taking on an opinion based on what someone else tells you to think.

I remember people used to think Rush Limbaugh listeners were like that, especially with the "mega dittos, Rush!" line that numerous callers would use. But the fact was that it was the opposite. People were thanking Rush for articulating beliefs they already had. They were thankful to hear them shared to a wide audience and know they were not alone in those beliefs.

I share content from people I listen to, but most of the time it is because they are articulating much better than I could a belief or opinion I already hold.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:44 PM (P5BPp)

234 Well now I'm curious. Do you give equal weight to either scenario or are you leaning one way or the other?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:35 PM (nbLIj)

Honestly? I don't know. After Charlie was killed, I really was moved by the outpouring of love and support for Erika, but I knew nothing at all about her, or the TPUSA organization.

There's a LOT of people coming out saying there's shenanigans going on with that org, that the money is bent, and that Charlie was asking questions that pointed to corruption going on behind his back.

Does that mean his own organization had him killed? How the hell do I know! But the fact that Erika is trying to tell people to stop asking questions doesn't make me any more comfortable with the narrative that she's just a grieving widow.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:45 PM (gU7ME)

235 In fairness, if people were suggesting that I had my spouse murdered, I'd tell them to shut the fuck up as well.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 01:47 PM (lrtx8)

236 Good for point-to-point, but provides no location data beyond, 'It's in that direction'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, Know Code Extra at January 31, 2026 01:41 PM (XeU6L)

Ham radio is not directional and can easily be triangulated. It's done all the time.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 01:47 PM (5xuJ/)

237 I stopped listening to Owens years ago when I felt she was just yet another "conservative" influencer/grifter. But I also feel the same about most of the popular "conservative" content creators. I follow most for news, but I don't believe any of them are for anything other than increasing their "brand".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:35 PM (P5BPp)

I'm not a "follower" of Candace either. Doesn't mean I don't hear stuff she says though, and it DOES appear she's getting inside info from whistleblowers at TPUSA.

Is she a grifter? Sure, I guess. Everyone who makes money in that sphere is, to some extent. It's a living.

Doesn't mean she's always wrong (and of course it doesn't mean she's always right either). As I said, time will tell.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:48 PM (gU7ME)

238 Apropos of nothing, I am commenting from a Linux virtual machine that I am testing to see if it will work for me as a desktop. I don't want to go to W11.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 01:49 PM (lrtx8)

239 I remember a sinister black van the Krauts had on Hogan's Heroes that had a rotating antenna on top to search for contraband radios.

Posted by: Short Wave Short Bus at January 31, 2026 01:50 PM (oftw2)

240 In fairness, if people were suggesting that I had my spouse murdered, I'd tell them to shut the fuck up as well.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 01:47 PM (lrtx

Since I don't hang on every word Candace says, I could be wrong, but I don't think she's ever said she believes Erika was in on the murder.

It's still possible he was shot by a guy on a roof, who's boyfriend is a furry.

That just looks much much less possible, with every new piece of info that comes out.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:51 PM (gU7ME)

241 She sees Erika as taking the limelight that she imagined for herself, so her mission now is to destroy it since she can't have it.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:16 PM (nbLIj)

So in other words...chick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 01:52 PM (snZF9)

242 No one wants to point out that only mono-ethnic societies have the capability of being high-trust societies.
——-

Not true, though this is the crux of the issue. Leftists want to destroy the system, and the way you do that is to conflate race with culture.

Ironically if their “arguments” are correct, then obviously whites are the superior race, and the whole thing is moot. Those “criticizing” are not capable in this society. Not even a little bit. Most have no idea what is actually being put forth by “academics”. Not even a little bit.

That’s why their world view is unimaginably toxic. It is intended to be. They cannot argue in the realm of facts, logic, and reason, therefore these very concepts are “white supremacy”

It is a hell of a mind fuck, I’ll give them that. And they know most people do not want to actually think, much less think for themselves.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 01:53 PM (J+7DF)

243 I don't want to go to W11.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 01:49 PM (lrtx

You're not fooling anyone.

*Whacks toby on the head*

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:54 PM (polxd)

244 Is she a grifter? Sure, I guess. Everyone who makes money in that sphere is, to some extent. It's a living.

Doesn't mean she's always wrong (and of course it doesn't mean she's always right either). As I said, time will tell.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:48 PM

Yep, I think every single person in the "influencer" and "content creator" sphere is a grifter. That's the whole point, because that is how you make money in that "profession". Likes, subs, attention, etc.

That's my opinion about all of them, left or right, Candace or Tim Pool or Ben Shapiro or Charlie Kirk or TPUSA or Benny Johnson or Brett Cooper or Steven Crowder or Tucker Carlson.

I listen to them for the news and their take to stay informed, but that's it. I trust none of them. Especially when they get on about all the stupid drama going on between all of them.

Example: https://bit.ly/4rWlkaR

THE DESERVENING [Right-Wing E-Girl Drama Tier List]

That also exposes what I have thought of TPUSA and other conservative org "gatherings" that were just hook-up parties for the right.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:58 PM (P5BPp)

245 The US wrote the book on that stuff. You can’t even fart over a field phone without them listening in, if they choose to.

Most of our problems are due to choices made and not made, by those who have more high tech at their disposal than most people can imagine. It’s a government problem, not anything else.

Donny Two-Scoops Trump, president,1 ea. apparently understands and crucially enforcing this business about making even the wrong people in government do the right thing

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 01:59 PM (J+7DF)

246 the death of his son broke Burt. be kind to him.

Posted by: grim reaper at January 31, 2026 02:01 PM (van9r)

247 I listen to them for the news and their take to stay informed, but that's it. I trust none of them. Especially when they get on about all the stupid drama going on between all of them.

Example: https://bit.ly/4rWlkaR

THE DESERVENING [Right-Wing E-Girl Drama Tier List]

That also exposes what I have thought of TPUSA and other conservative org "gatherings" that were just hook-up parties for the right.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:58 PM (P5BPp)

Right, I just don't feel strongly enough about any of them to love them or hate them.

I'll watch Tucker when he has a guest on a subject I find interesting. His most recent guest is Jenk Yooger, or whatever the hell his name is.

I listened about 5 minutes. That was about it. I couldn't take any more.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:02 PM (lNoSp)

248 You say "toe-may-toe", I say "toe-mah-toe". You say "Michigan", I say "Minnesota".

Posted by: wm. tyroler at January 31, 2026 02:03 PM (p6/jb)

249 the death of his son broke Burt. be kind to him.
Posted by: grim reaper at January 31, 2026 02:01 PM (van9r)

Once again, you don't know me.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:04 PM (lNoSp)

250 Since I don't hang on every word Candace says, I could be wrong, but I don't think she's ever said she believes Erika was in on the murder.

It's still possible he was shot by a guy on a roof, who's boyfriend is a furry.

That just looks much much less possible, with every new piece of info that comes out.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:51 PM

From what I have gathered from numerous different content creators talking about Erika or talking about Candace talking about Erika or... is that basically Candace does not trust Erika or TPUSA or the narrative surrounding Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Honestly, I'm there as well. Where I strongly turn away from Owens is from many of her nuttier conspiracies. But I think that goes back to the basic skepticism around the Charlie Kirk assassination. Unfortunately, she goes off the deep ends with her skepticism and ends up losing credibility in anything she talks about.

I dunno. I don't really care anymore other than being aggravated that the left succeeded in assassinating an apparently effective content creator on the right.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 02:04 PM (P5BPp)

251 BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:45 PM (gU7ME)

Ok, that's a fair position to take. I happen to have a degree of separation from people inside TPUSA. My former pastor and his son are close to the organization in general and Erika in particular. A friend of mine attended a recent TPUSA event and one of the speakers ranted about ballistics and how that kid's rifle would have blown Charlie's head clean off. Yeah, no.

So yes, there is dissention in the ranks. TPUSA was instrumental in getting Trump elected in 2024. That made them ripe for a deep state takeover. I think we're seeing that now. The explosive growth they're experiencing makes it easier for interlopers to get in and sow dissent...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:06 PM (nbLIj)

252 I'm curious, what caliber bullet supposedly wasted kirk?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:06 PM (snZF9)

253 Ya know burt for someone who can't be bothered to listen to pretty much anyone You sure have a lot of retarded opinions about pretty much everything.
You're "never wrong just asking questions" shtick is boring.

Posted by: It'sallsotiresome at January 31, 2026 02:07 PM (wDvQ5)

254 Cui Bono from destroying TPUSA?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 02:08 PM (0KSrI)

255 >>Ham radio is not directional and can easily be triangulated. It's done all the time.

I would image it's similar to LOFAR sonobuoys deployed to detect submarines.

Two of those sonobuoys in contact on a particular sound source yields a still very large AOP from where the sound is emitting. Three of them in contact, however, reduces the AOP significantly -- to the point where a highly-prosecutable datum emerges.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 02:11 PM (Y1sOo)

256 So yes, there is dissention in the ranks. TPUSA was instrumental in getting Trump elected in 2024. That made them ripe for a deep state takeover. I think we're seeing that now. The explosive growth they're experiencing makes it easier for interlopers to get in and sow dissent...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:06 PM (nbLIj)

One thing we've seen throughout history is that the melding of religion and politics often goes wrong. It's the whole thing about serving two masters.

From what I have seen, there are MANY people who work (or worked) for TPUSA who are truly trying to do God's work. What isn't clear is whether the current leadership is doing the same.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:11 PM (lNoSp)

257 Cui Bono from destroying TPUSA?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 02:08 PM (0KSrI)

Specifically? The Democrat Party.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:13 PM (nbLIj)

258 Ok, that's a fair position to take. I happen to have a degree of separation from people inside TPUSA. My former pastor and his son are close to the organization in general and Erika in particular. A friend of mine attended a recent TPUSA event and one of the speakers ranted about ballistics and how that kid's rifle would have blown Charlie's head clean off. Yeah, no.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:06 PM (nbLIj)

I just asked about the caliber because I had completely erased a large car battery with an M1 garand. It vanished. The most I found was one small upper corner. It ceased to exist. Dudes were punching little holes in it was an AR. I hit it with that 30.06 and removed it from the planet. I never forgot that. To see the brute force that round had was unbelievable. A 27 series battery ceased to exist. Blew my mind.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:14 PM (snZF9)

259 You don't know me, but I'm your brother.

Posted by: Taking it to the streets at January 31, 2026 02:15 PM (Y1sOo)

260 I just asked about the caliber because I had completely erased a large car battery with an M1 garand. It vanished. The most I found was one small upper corner. It ceased to exist. Dudes were punching little holes in it was an AR. I hit it with that 30.06 and removed it from the planet. I never forgot that. To see the brute force that round had was unbelievable. A 27 series battery ceased to exist. Blew my mind.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:14 PM (snZF9)

Yeah, there are lots of people who claim to be experts who say there's no way he was hit with a 30.06 round.

I'm not an expert, but that's one of those points that ought to be clearly demonstrated one way or another. Was he hit by a 30.06 round or not?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:18 PM (lNoSp)

261 Joe Kidd, to me it's the people that fear the large numbers of youth returning to G-d and not buying into the socialism Message and those are not all just democrats.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 02:19 PM (0KSrI)

262 From what I have seen, there are MANY people who work (or worked) for TPUSA who are truly trying to do God's work. What isn't clear is whether the current leadership is doing the same.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:11 PM (lNoSp)

As you say, time will tell.

BTW, sorry about that asshole referencing your loss. I may not agree with your positions, but that was way over the line..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:21 PM (nbLIj)

263
I thought that the official story is that the Kirk assassin used a bolt-action .30-06, and the contention comes from how the bullet's energy was transferred.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 02:24 PM (VWtfl)

264 As you say, time will tell.

BTW, sorry about that asshole referencing your loss. I may not agree with your positions, but that was way over the line..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:21 PM (nbLIj)

Thank you. Sometimes it's best just to let people's comments sit there and speak for themselves.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:24 PM (lNoSp)

265
I'm not an expert, but that's one of those points that ought to be clearly demonstrated one way or another. Was he hit by a 30.06 round or not?
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Isn't the prevailing thought fragment(s)?

Autopsy should tell the story...perhaps.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:25 PM (XeU6L)

266 I thought that the official story is that the Kirk assassin used a bolt-action .30-06, and the contention comes from how the bullet's energy was transferred.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 02:24 PM (VWtfl)

Wouldn't an autopsy at least show one way or another, whether it's possible?

I don't believe anything has been released, and I'm not sure why. "Ongoing investigation" or respect for the family might be the reasoning, but given where this thing is going, I'm not sure those are valid reasons.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:27 PM (lNoSp)

267 A 30.06 bullet can come in various loads. A 125 grain load is much different than a 155grain load.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 02:28 PM (0KSrI)

268 Joe Kidd, to me it's the people that fear the large numbers of youth returning to G-d and not buying into the socialism Message and those are not all just democrats.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 02:19 PM (0KSrI)

I agree with that generally, but Charlie's mission in 2023, actually, since the COVID shutdown, was to get Trump elected. He denied democrats their victory, and demonstrated that the youth vote could be wrested away from them. TPUSA is a loaded gun pointing at the democrat party and they know it...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:28 PM (nbLIj)

269 Isn't the prevailing thought fragment(s)?

Autopsy should tell the story...perhaps.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:25 PM (XeU6L)

I hadn't heard that, but I suppose that would be more likely.

But then, where did the bullet hit, and where are the other fragments? If they have that info, might be wise to release it.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:29 PM (lNoSp)

270 A 125 grain load is much different than a 155grain load.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 02:28 PM (0KSrI)

I'm well aware of that.

Every time I sit on the terlet.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:31 PM (lNoSp)

271 I hadn't heard that, but I suppose that would be more likely.

But then, where did the bullet hit, and where are the other fragments? If they have that info, might be wise to release it.
Posted by: BurtTC
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The net is deluged with theories. None authoritative.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 02:32 PM (XeU6L)

272 Joe Kidd, in about 60 days I am going to run a debate about what socialism is and isn't. I will also be talking to some TPUSA members to gain some of their insight.

Going to be a fun time.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 02:32 PM (0KSrI)

273 I can't say know much of TPUSA or organization, but know money corrupts if piles of it exists and accountability is lacking

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

274 But then, where did the bullet hit, and where are the other fragments? If they have that info, might be wise to release it.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:29 PM (lNoSp)

Maybe this information will come out after the trial. I do know one gunsmith I can ask, but we don't get an opportunity to talk regularly. I do know there's something like 30 muscles attaching the human head, and Charlie was a big guy with a thick neck.

I saw the hit on the video, and he jerked pretty hard to one side. I don't think he would have moved like that had it been a .22 round...maybe...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:39 PM (nbLIj)

275 To be honest, I just haven't been following anything about the kirk shooting, the organization he led, speeches, zip, nadda. I didn't even know wtf he looked like until he was dead. The only thing I know is that when I first heard he was hit in the neck with a bolt action my mind immediately went to that frigging car battery, and my first thought was where the fuck did his head land.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:40 PM (snZF9)

276 Maybe this information will come out after the trial. I do know one gunsmith I can ask, but we don't get an opportunity to talk regularly. I do know there's something like 30 muscles attaching the human head, and Charlie was a big guy with a thick neck.

I saw the hit on the video, and he jerked pretty hard to one side. I don't think he would have moved like that had it been a .22 round...maybe...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:39 PM (nbLIj)

As a general rule, I don't think law enforcement does itself any good by withholding facts from the public... EXCEPT when it will compromise the investigation, or possibly taint a jury.

It gets overused, and especially in high profile cases, where the public has a high level of interest in facts.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:42 PM (psFiu)

277 Joe Kidd, in about 60 days I am going to run a debate about what socialism is and isn't. I will also be talking to some TPUSA members to gain some of their insight.

Going to be a fun time.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 02:32 PM (0KSrI)

Very cool. If I promise to behave, maybe you can email me a link?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:43 PM (nbLIj)

278 To be honest, I just haven't been following anything about the kirk shooting, the organization he led, speeches, zip, nadda. I didn't even know wtf he looked like until he was dead. The only thing I know is that when I first heard he was hit in the neck with a bolt action my mind immediately went to that frigging car battery, and my first thought was where the fuck did his head land.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:40 PM (snZF9)

Right, and it is now the responsibility of the prosecution and the state to explain how that did NOT happen.

Either at the trial, or before. Either way.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:45 PM (psFiu)

279 I wonder if Rollo is still alive?
Posted by: Julio at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (R/m4+)

I'm assuming Sanford and Son (of course), so Rollo Larson was played by Nathaniel Taylor.

IMDB.com says b. March 31, 1938, d. Feb. 27, 2019 age 80.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 31, 2026 02:51 PM (/HDaX)

280 The only thing I know is that when I first heard he was hit in the neck with a bolt action my mind immediately went to that frigging car battery, and my first thought was where the fuck did his head land.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:40 PM (snZF9)

Sure. The car battery wasn't anchored to anything, so it was probably blown clean off the table. It's possible the round might have touched off a secondary explosion of the battery acid that the smaller rounds couldn't manage. Different story with flesh and bone, in any event..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 02:52 PM (nbLIj)

281 Right, and it is now the responsibility of the prosecution and the state to explain how that did NOT happen.

Either at the trial, or before. Either way.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 02:45 PM (psFiu)

Anything is possible. If it just clipped his neck there probably wasn't much to allow the bullet to transfer energy. I have seen dudes shoot 1 gallon plastic milk jugs of water sitting on a cinder block and the hydrostatic pressure of the milk jug exploding shattered the cinder block under it. Had they just winged the milk jug it probably wouldn't have had the same result. All I'm saying is I can understand people questioning things about the caliber used, because from what I have done and seen in person I would have bet $100 his head would have gone sub orbital with the right shot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:53 PM (snZF9)

282 OK, off subject but... something hit me this morning.

I've been wondering why the Supreme Court has not ruled on Trump and Tariffs... and it hit me this morning.

The Constitution gives Congress the ability to tax, and Tariffs are a Tax. The delegated the Power to set tariffs to the President, and Presidents have set those rates since they delegated that power.

The key question is can Congress delegate a core power to another branch or entity. They want to say no...

Problem is, that Congress delegated Court Rule Writing to the Supreme Court, and they have done so since 1934. So if they say Congress can't delegate then they should lose the ability to write their own rules.

And one thing Roberts will NOT do, is allow any ruling the dilutes the power of the Courts.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 31, 2026 02:59 PM (mP0Kj)

283 All I'm saying is I can understand people questioning things about the caliber used, because from what I have done and seen in person I would have bet $100 his head would have gone sub orbital with the right shot.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:53 PM (snZF9)

From what I saw, he was struck in the neck. He was wearing a ballistic vest, and there was earlier speculation that the round clipped the top of the vest and it ricocheted into his neck. That was debunked somewhere, but can't recall the specifics. Now, if that shot hit his head, the result would have no doubt been unspeakably gruesome.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 03:08 PM (nbLIj)

284 Not that it's important, but it's 29.5 degrees out and snowing in Summerville, SC.

Let us hope that we survive till morning.

JK

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2026 03:35 PM (iMotb)

285 90% of all the 110000 "Somalis" living in MN are US citizens according to the last federal census. Most came 30+ years ago
The median age is 22yo

40% are children

9 billion in fraud?
Divided by the 60000 adults ? That would give each adult 150000 dollars
SHOW ME TY THAT MONEY

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 31, 2026 03:43 PM (iiVbo)

286 Clinton I think let them in in late 90s

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0)

287 VIA if you haven't, get milk, bread and eggs
You will want French Toast in the morning

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 03:57 PM (Ia/+0)

288 "VIA if you haven't, get milk, bread and eggs
You will want French Toast in the morning"

Oh yeh, Baby!

French toast.

With real butter and maple syrup.

We have a small panettone, which makes some beyond belief french toast.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2026 04:02 PM (iMotb)

289 Yeah great, Tom Cole (R-OK) reinstated funding for the shadowy Community Relations Service of the DOJ.

Republicans, what is the point of you?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 04:47 PM (lrtx8)

290 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

291 Odd that they would call so many Islamic groups "Honor Societies" when they have so little honor.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 05:31 PM (/lPRQ)

The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to take care of. (Rulz for those of you in Iola)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Being Pretti good isn't good enough.
3) Running with sharp objects? Sure you can. We just won't pray for you.
4) Have a great weekend!

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
11/15 – Sponge posted an update on the “First lady”. She is doing OK from the surgery pain-wise, however it appears her compromised immune system from chemo is susceptible to viruses. She has been spiking a fever all weekend.
12/13 Update – The First lady is doing well. She is still on restrictions but things are progressing nicely. The last mammogram showed clean. They are grateful to all who have been praying for her.
1/7 Update – They send thanks for the thoughts and prayers over the past year. The latest visit with her urologist revealed blood in her urine. The Doc didn’t seem concerned, but there will be more scans of her bladder and kidneys to see if they find anything more serious.
1/14 Update – Sponge sent an update on the First Lady’s father – he passed away on 1/11. They have been busy making arrangements for the arrangements, writing the obituary, eulogy, notifying people, etc. Thank you all for the thoughts an prayers that you have been providing for a long time.
12/20 – Morgan, longtime lurker, takes tango lessons from Sebastian, whose son, Matias, is recovering from brain surgery. The MRI was read on 12/19, and the surgeons did not remove the entire tumor. Even though the biopsy indicated the tumor was benign, the boy is probably facing several rounds of chemo. Please pray for the boy’s continued recovery in El Salvador.
1/10 Update – Matias will have surgery in 2 weeks to try and remove the rest of the tumor, and then he will receive radiation therapy.
12/27 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina. Christina has struggled with a lot, including addiction and relapse. Buzzion has not heard from Christina in a while and hopes she is okay. Please pray that Christina finds her way and knows that people love and care for her and believe in her.
1/3 Update – Christina was arrested on 1/3. Please pray for this to be a final wake-up call for her.
1/22 Update – Christina was released from jail and is staying with Buzzion. She is working through the legal troubles and she is continuing her recovery. She really appreciates the prayers, as does Buzzion.
12/27 – BlackOrchid requested prayers for a Navy Veteran uncle who has been struggling with his health the last few weeks. The root cause is undetermined, but recurrent infection/sepsis keeps sending him back to the hospital. It seems to be worsening his dementia, which makes it harder for BlackOrchid’s aunt to handle him.
1/3 Update – BlackOrchid’s uncle (her “stand-in dad” is still not doing well. He will probably need to be put in a LTC facility although they are doing everything possible to avoid this. He is 86, and at the stage where his immune system can’t fight back well.
1/24 Update – BlackOrchid’s uncle is doing much better. He is carting around an O2 canister to help him, but otherwise is doing well.
1/3 – Legally Sufficient asked for prayers for the repose of the soul of a boss, who passed away suddenly early Sunday morning. Prayers are appreciated for strength, faith, and understanding for the boss’ wife and all who loved him.
1/6 – Diogenes requested prayers for his best friend since college, who was diagnosed with cancer. Within hours or hearing this, the friend’s son, a man that Diogenes has known since he was a baby, collapsed from what appears to be a brain tumor. The prognosis isn’t hopeful. Please pray for both of these fine men.
1/23 Update – Diogenes’ best friend’s son Sean had emergency brain surgery. The labs are back and it’s not good news. He has stage 4 brain cancer. They were scheduled to meet with an oncologist on 1/26 to determine the best pathway ahead for the time he has remaining. This is just crushing news. Thanks to all the Horde for their prayers and support for this fine young man.
1/6 – Commissar of plenty and festive little hats sent prayers of thanks that it was not cancer, and asked for prayers for courage to even set a date to reverse the colostomy surgery. It was a lot to get over the first time!
1/7 - D sent an update on his wife Susan, and her battle with pancreatic cancer, as well as her recent infection. He sent his thanks to everyone for the prayers. They are helping and much appreciated. Susan’s infection finally has been healed, so she was able to resume chemo. It’s been really rough.
1/8 - Doof asked for prayers for his mother. She was hit hard by the flu. She couldn’t get out of bed the morning of 11/8 and was sent by ambulance to the hospital. She is alert and communicating but prayers are appreciated for her recovery. Prayers are also appreciated for Doof, as he absolutely despises hospitals.
1/23 Update – Mom was in the hospital for 5 nights and has been in a rehabilitation center since 1/13. Her recovery is slow but steady. Her breathing and mobility are still not back to normal. She is good spirits but wants to be home. They very much appreciate the continued prayers.
1/10 – LA Sue asked for prayers for her brother, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September. They just learned it moved from stage 2 to stage 4. The chemo treatments and side infections from surgery have so debilitated him that he is considering stopping. Please pray for strength and that he opens his heart to God.
1/18 Update – LA Sue is taking her brother to hospice. He is fading.
1/23 Update – LA Sue’s brother passed away.
1/15 – Sharkman posted on behalf of Niederemeyer’s Dead Horse that NDH was given a prognosis of 6 months to live due to heart failure. The plan is for NDH to move into the Mayo Clinic to receive treatment and wait for a transplant.
1/17 – Emmie asked for prayers. She and her husband are on the verge of foreclosure. Their side hustle of delivery driving ended when a young driver crashed into their car and totaled it. They aren’t able to make the mortgage payments without that extra income. Their church is helping, but it’s a small church.
1/23 Update – They have a loaner/rental car that they can use until they can devise a long term solution, and have found an insurer who will cover delivery driving work. Another friend is supplying a financial cushion during the mortgage reset probationary agreement. But the underlying financial problems persist. They ask for prayers that they would conduct themselves with wisdom, discipline, diligence, prudence, and joy in God’s provision. Emmie specifically asked for prayers in her struggle with resentment and despair.
1/18 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. She had surgery on 12/11, and a pump was installed that will direct medication into the hepatic artery. This will allow a much larger concentration of medication to be applied directly into her liver. This should give fewer side effects and (hopefully) shrink the tumors. It will take several months before they know if this new medication is working, but if it does, they are hoping for an extra 2-3 years before the disease progresses again.
1/19 – NR Pax requested prayers for his father, who had a stroke on 1/16. He went back to the hospital on 1/19 and was in the ICU until 1/23 due to influenza. He is in the hospital and they do not know when he will come home.
1/20 – Inogame asked for prayers. His wife and baby girl (due in February) are healthy, but some bad luck has come to their family. The business they purchased a year ago has taken an abrupt turn and they are trying to understand what is happening. They may not be able to keep their home if they cannot discover and correct the problem. This stress and what it might mean postpartum is worrying them. Thank you all for your prayers in the past.
1/20 – MkY sent an update on his wife Judy, who was diagnosed with Stage IV renal cancer last January. Despite being unable to receive her cancer drugs for 3 months while her port infection healed up, the tumors did not grow and she is feeling strong. Thanks so much for all the prayers! Last week, MkY was diagnosed with fluid on the brain. They operated the same day. They drilled two holes in his skull, inserted tubes, and had him lay flat on his back for 2 days. MkY thanks God for the modern miracles of medicine. He needs to heal quickly since he operates a small business. So far, no complications.
1/24 – NR Pax requested prayers for his father, who had a stroke on 1/16. He went back to the hospital on 1/19 and was in the ICU until 1/23 due to influenza. He is in the hospital and they do not know when he will come home.
1/24 – Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd posted some updates and requests. In the blessings department: blood glucose has continued to fall, well within normal range. BP is good. The hole where his molar used to be is coming along nicely. The youngest has jaw surgery coming up in February. This is many years in the making and should correct her bite and ease the pain in her jaw and ears. She’s not looking forward to the liquid diet, but is looking forward to the pain relief. Prayers are always appreciated, and based on what they have been through, he knows they are efficacious.
1/25 – Pawn at AoS asked for prayers after his dear friend Julia passed away. He asked for strength for himself and his family to fill a very large void in this world. He only has a couple of friends left so asks for protection for them.
1/27 – K asked for prayers for K’s neighbor Mike, whose doctor found a lump near Mike’s esophagus. Many thanks.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

And I would also like to add:

Romans 8:39
39) neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (New International Version)

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:00 AM

Comments

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1 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 07:44 AM (ZOv7s)

2 Amen.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at January 31, 2026 07:51 AM (FIwBs)

3
Just a one-time prayer request, if I may. Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are traveling to New York for Westminster on Monday.

The weather is cold, snow is likely over the weekend and she's driving an elderly car that needs to go in for servicing this morning in Virginia because of electrical issues.

Any spare thoughts you can throw their way would be appreciated. I've added appeals to St. Christopher during my daily Rosary.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 07:51 AM (tgvbd)

4 I love the Fatima prayer.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 07:51 AM (qFwJc)

5 I am always happy to pray for us. I can't do much else.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 07:53 AM (qFwJc)

6 Good morning again dear horde with thanks to annie and mh and you morons for praying

mh is the only COB who noods his own threads what a swell guy!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

7 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all of you.

Hiya, JT!

So many grieving the loss of friends and family. May you/we all be comforted with their memories.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 07:57 AM (h7ZuX)

8 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2028 at January 31, 2026 07:57 AM (+HNx/)

9 My oldest friend Bob is dying. The chemo almost killed him and the immunotherapy is not working.

He returned to the Church and received Extreme Unction. He is one of the finest men I have been blessed to know.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 07:58 AM (qFwJc)

10 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:58 AM (Ia/+0)

11 NDH update has received heart transplant and recovering from surgery in ICU. Hope to have ventilator removed and then stepdown to cardiac care unit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

12 Buzzion, thank you for taking Christina into your home. I hope your friendship, combined with professional treatment, help her to overcome and heal.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 07:59 AM (h7ZuX)

13 Never, ever trust a Democrat. Just assume they are lying about everything:

"after the January 23 shooting by law enforcement of Alex Pretti, Senate Democrats reversed on their earlier pledge to avoid another shutdown. "

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 08:00 AM (vFG9F)

14 {grammie}
{TiFW}
{CoMM}
Hiya JT
Bulg asked for prayers too he is being observed for AFib

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

15 My BiL passes away last Sunday morning, he and sister were in their bi-season home in Florida. My niece is now there with my sister. Would appreciate prayers for them
It was a shock to me when my mom told me, he was having health issues but didn't think that would happen.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 08:02 AM (Ia/+0)

16 Taqiyya. How do you know they are lying?

Their lips are moving.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 08:02 AM (qFwJc)

17 {Her Majesty and the Big Dummy}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

18 He is getting cremation so not sure when a funeral service will happen.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 08:04 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 08:02 AM (Ia/+0)
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May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

20 Yonder Horde

Looks like a very light snow is falling now. It's also 5 degrees.

Birds at the feeder don't care.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 08:07 AM (jtM2q)

21 So sorry to hear it, Skip. Blessings of comfort for your family.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:08 AM (h7ZuX)

22 The internal temperature of birds ranges from 102 to 109.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 08:09 AM (0KSrI)

23 22 The internal temperature of birds ranges from 102 to 109.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 08:09 AM (0KSrI)

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I just admire the researchers who managed to keep a thermometer stuck up their butt.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 31, 2026 08:11 AM (+HNx/)

24 My oldest friend Bob is dying. The chemo almost killed him and the immunotherapy is not working.
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A prayer for his complete and immediate healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

25 I am always happy to pray for us. I can't do much else.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 07:53 AM (qFwJc)
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It is very important. No prayer goes unheard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:13 AM (ZOv7s)

26 Good morning Mis Hum et al.

The preceding verse adds a fuller list that rounds out verse 39. I love the poetry of those two verses taken together.

Romans 8:38-39 KJV
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 08:13 AM (qgHp7)

27 "The internal temperature of birds ranges from 102 to 109."

Before or after basting?

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

28 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffeinated Carlos at January 31, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)

29 He returned to the Church and received Extreme Unction. He is one of the finest men I have been blessed to know.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 07:58 AM (qFwJc)
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God be praised!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:15 AM (ZOv7s)

30 Romans 8:38-39 KJV
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 08:13 AM (qgHp7)

Thank you for that. It's beautiful. I really need to open the Bible more often.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:16 AM (h7ZuX)

31 Thank you to the everyone for the prayers. My dad is out of the hospital and in the rehab section of his retirement community. The facility tried to drag things out to prevent his admission but mom is a force of rage and she will beat bureaucrats down with documentation.

He's sleeping well and his therapy will begin soon. At this time, I don't know if he'll ever go back home.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 08:16 AM (7xrfc)

32 I thought Scott Adams' deathbed conversion was very moving and telling in its imperfection. Here was a man who could not find faith himself, but let others lead him to it, and his profession was actually a prayer that God help him get the rest of the way there.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:16 AM (ZOv7s)

33 Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

St. John Bosco, pray for us.

I prayed Rosaries for the intentions, both stated and unstated, of members of the Horde.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 31, 2026 08:17 AM (pJWtt)

34 Hadrian at least she'll be able to visit the Buc-ee's near Harrisonburg.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

35 Willowed (CNN staff whineing)

One area of concern was Jennings being allowed to describe undocumented immigrants as “illegal aliens,” a term that violates the network’s editorial standards, according to Status.
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Too funny

https://tinyurl.com/3wsse62s

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 08:18 AM (o1zkF)

36 The internal temperature of birds ranges from 102 to 109.
Posted by: Ben Had

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Is that when the little red button pops oout?
😀

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 08:19 AM (qgHp7)

37 I thought Scott Adams' deathbed conversion was very moving and telling in its imperfection.

There were people thinking that he was just converting out of convenience. I think it was sincere but I'm not the one with the knowledge of such things.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 08:20 AM (7xrfc)

38 G'mornin' everyone!

Prayers, with a happy heart, for all !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 31, 2026 08:21 AM (Cjt/F)

39 Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 08:21 AM (77rzZ)

40 Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
no on of any consequence - condolences on the impending loss of your friend.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 08:22 AM (IDEQi)

41 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 31, 2026 08:24 AM (rgA8J)

42 There were people thinking that he was just converting out of convenience. I think it was sincere but I'm not the one with the knowledge of such things.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 08:20 AM (7xrfc)
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"You're just converting to stay out of hell!"

"And you have a problem with that?"

I'd argue that downplaying the reality of damnation has done immense damage to society. No less than the late George Cardinal Pell said so, and deeply regretted his flirtation with universal salvation. As for its sincerity, that's up to God to sort out, but Pascal's Wager is a valid reason, which is why he came up with it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:24 AM (ZOv7s)

43 My wife and I entered the Church together, from very different backgrounds and - as it turned out - for very different reasons. We talked about this just yesterday. She was moved by emotion, by spiritual reasons, feeling that reason couldn't solve everything and sometimes one must rely on faith.

I am the exact opposite. Reason is what convinced me that there has to be something true at the root of Christianity, it couldn't be superstition or a hoax. The historical record was unimpeachable, which is why "Bible scholars" have to break the rules all the time to come up with reasons for doubt. It was only then that the spiritual side became apparent to me.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:27 AM (ZOv7s)

44 Do CNN editorial standards preclude calling American citizens “white supremacists” and “nazis”?

Illegal aliens is a legal term of art. It isn’t necessarily derogatory per se, it is a descriptor.

Immigrant has a defined meaning too - describing someone who has passed through a port of entry and has authorization to be in the country.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 08:29 AM (mCOJo)

45 The Chosen.

Posted by: Come and See at January 31, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

46
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 31, 2026 08:31 AM (tljrc)

47 https://tinyurl.com/mf5suydh
Saw this on Dailytimewaster and thought of this thread
A coffee stur

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 08:31 AM (Ia/+0)

48 I thought Scott Adams' deathbed conversion was very moving and telling in its imperfection. Here was a man who could not find faith himself, but let others lead him to it, and his profession was actually a prayer that God help him get the rest of the way there.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:16 AM (ZOv7s)

I had an interesting conversation with an older Catholic woman last evening. We had been chatting when she mentioned that one of her sons was an atheist.

I asked if he was a scientist or engineer. She replied that he was. I told her that he was mistakenly thinking that faith was an irrational belief: science can only deal in the material, but does not answer why we commonly recognize transcendental qualities: such as, how much does beauty weigh or what is the meaning of life.

I recommended that she give her son a book that was recently published (God, the Science, the Evidence by Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies). The book presents scientific evidence so convincing that intellectually-honest atheists have had conversion experiences, and at least admit to the existence of some sort of creator God.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 31, 2026 08:32 AM (pJWtt)

49 his profession was actually a prayer that God help him get the rest of the way there.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:16 AM (ZOv7s)

I understand this perfectly. I call myself a doubtful believer. I'm not sure I actually believe in God, or if it's habit from growing up in church. An omnipresent, omnipotent God seems irrational to me, but nothing else seems more rational, so I go with it.

I can point to many instances in my life when I was out of answers or options. But I pray, and always in the nick of time, I had answers and options.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:33 AM (h7ZuX)

50 Was outside playing a little, still under 10 degrees and have a cup.of coffee left

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 08:34 AM (Ia/+0)

51 I recommended that she give her son a book that was recently published (God, the Science, the Evidence by Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies). The book presents scientific evidence so convincing that intellectually-honest atheists have had conversion experiences, and at least admit to the existence of some sort of creator God.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 31, 2026 08:32 AM (pJWtt)
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A turning point for me was the realization that there is more and better evidence for Christ than there is for Julius Caesar. I totally nerded out on ancient history in high school and college, reading all the Greek and Latin authors (in translation, of course) I could find. I kept seeing the same thing: "We have this one partial copy of a single text that tells us all we know about this topic."

And then I came across "Bible scholars" nit-picking inconsequential errors from the many manuscripts separated by centuries and thousands of miles to find a way to cast doubt on the reliability of scripture.

I should add that I never wanted to be Catholic. Like many other converts, I was dragged kicking and screaming into it. Weird how that happens.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:38 AM (ZOv7s)

52 here is the deal. If Ted Kennedy is in heaven I don't want to be there

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 08:38 AM (jrgJz)

53
update on Neidermeyers Dead Horse:

she had the successful heart transplant surgery on Monday, and by Thursday she was "off the ECMO machine"

as of yesterday, she was off the intubation and was coherent & communicating (she's already asking for her phone)

the plan was to move her out of the ICU "this weekend"

her daughter, Misti, is updating NDH's twitter @NeidsG (last update was yesterday afternoon)

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 31, 2026 08:39 AM (tljrc)

54 Atheism or agnosticism is one thing. Well two things maybe. Anyway, some folks have an extreme hatred of even the concept of God or creator. It seems to result in disordered thinking. For all that I’ve met plenty of bible thumpers who are as crooked as a 3 dollar bill, so ..

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 08:39 AM (mCOJo)

55 here is the deal. If Ted Kennedy is in heaven I don't want to be there
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 08:38 AM (jrgJz)
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Every soul lost to Satan is a defeat. The most glorious victories are not good people getting their just reward but terrible sinners finding salvation.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:40 AM (ZOv7s)

56 here is the deal. If Ted Kennedy is in heaven I don't want to be there
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 08:38 AM (jrgJz)
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I hope you don't mean that; in your place, I would worry before placing my judgement ahead of God's

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 08:41 AM (QbC6G)

57 I'm back from my shave, having a last cup of black juice before heading out. Good thoughts to all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 08:41 AM (wzUl9)

58 I understand this perfectly. I call myself a doubtful believer. I'm not sure I actually believe in God, or if it's habit from growing up in church. An omnipresent, omnipotent God seems irrational to me, but nothing else seems more rational, so I go with it.

I can point to many instances in my life when I was out of answers or options. But I pray, and always in the nick of time, I had answers and options.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:33 AM (h7ZuX)

Without faith in God, there is despair. I'm an engineer and am in the school-of-thought with A.H. Lloyd. Reason and science all point to Aristotle's Unmoved Prime Mover.

Furthermore, the historical evidence that Jesus of Nazareth existed is irrefutable: multiple contemporary non-Christian documents mention Him, even if to disparage his divinity. The only legitimate dispute is was He the Son of God as He and His Apostles claimed, or a mad man or a liar.

Faith is not irrational. I would argue that atheism is irrational.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 31, 2026 08:42 AM (pJWtt)

59 If Ted Kennedy is in heaven I don't want to be there

I get that but consider this: If he truly repented of his actions and begged forgiveness, he could be admitted. And Heaven is vast enough that the odds of you running into him could be as small as you want.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 08:43 AM (7xrfc)

60 ...how much does beauty weigh...

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Well, according to the popular culture that number has increased substantially in recent years.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 08:43 AM (qgHp7)

61 Atheism or agnosticism is one thing. Well two things maybe. Anyway, some folks have an extreme hatred of even the concept of God or creator. It seems to result in disordered thinking. For all that I’ve met plenty of bible thumpers who are as crooked as a 3 dollar bill, so ..
Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 08:39 AM (mCOJo)
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When they would bury the Hapsburg emperors, they would take the casket to the door of the cathedral and they would have the doors closed. The herald would knock and a voice inside would say: "Who is there?"

And the herald would reply with a bunch of his royal titles, and the response would be "I don't know him."

And then he would reply again with even more impressive titles, and the reply would be the same. Finally, the herald with just give his first name, and say "a sinner."

"You may enter."

Very cool.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:44 AM (ZOv7s)

62 It is colder than Hillary’s (uh sorry, I meant a witch’s) backside here in DFW this morning… brrrr

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 08:44 AM (xT8gx)

63 I have faith enough that God will judge and those found to be guilty will pay.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)

64 Whenever I can’t sleep, a quick prayer and I am out for the duration. Why I don’t and toss and turn instead, I don’t know. People are strange.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 08:46 AM (S8ZfB)

65 Don't tell me I can't drink bacon. I have maple bacon-flavored coffee!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:47 AM (kpS4V)

66 58 I agree. Atheism is irrational.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)

67
"You're just converting to stay out of hell!"

It may be imperfect contrition, but it's still contrition.

I was lapsed for 30-plus years. I really wish I could say I returned to the Faith for the love of God, but it's not quite true. It was because I felt He was asking more of me than I was doing at that point. I try to persevere because He set standards that I owe it to Him to try to fulfill. But the love of God remains beyond me right now.

I pray frequently every day: on getting up, the Angelus at noon, the Rosary during the day and evening prayers before going to bed. I say the Litany of Loreto before Mass and a prayer to the Virgin Mary afterwards. They aren't empty exercises and I'm happy to do so because they set a frame for me and give Him what He deserves.

But to talk to Him personally has always been extremely difficult for me, as though He has better things to do than listen to the likes of me. I never feel fervor and I'm envious of those who do.

It makes me aware of just how damaging my time away from the Faith has been. But slowly, my conduct is improving and maybe someday I'll feel the love for Him that I should.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 08:48 AM (tgvbd)

68 here is the deal. If Ted Kennedy is in heaven I don't want to be there
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 08:38 AM (jrgJz)
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Every soul lost to Satan is a defeat. The most glorious victories are not good people getting their just reward but terrible sinners finding salvation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 08:40 AM (ZOv7s)

Jesus Christ instructed us to "judge not." That doesn't mean that we are not to condemn bad behavior, or not give good counsel. I don't waste any time questioning God's mercy or judgement.

Did Kennedy repent of his evil acts? Perhaps. Did he perform any acts of contrition or reparation? I'm doubtful. But, the fate of Ted Kennedy's immortal soul is between him and God.

When I pray for my enemies - as Jesus taught us to do - I pray that they soften their hearts, recognize the evil that they have committed, repent and do acts of contrition, and thus save their souls.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 31, 2026 08:50 AM (pJWtt)

69 Sydney Sweeney’s beauties weigh quite a bit, I suspect.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

70 Temp is hovering around freezing, wind chill of 21. I'm sitting here at home wearing my thick alpaca sweater over a shirt and with a blanket over my legs. For some reason I get cold sooner than I used to. Some mild weight loss from cutting out sugar a few years ago, I guess.

Aside from my haircut, I have to stop at the pharmacy inside Target to pick up an Rx. I hope to be back home by 10:30.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 08:51 AM (wzUl9)

71 Who is going to heaven and who isn’t? We humans don’t know (except regarding our own soul)…. I find the words of our Lord in John 3 both a comfort and yet full of mystery.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

I didn’t make any contribution to my physical birth… I can’t make any contribution to my spiritual birth. It is a miraculous act of the Spirit of God. My only contribution is belief…. What exactly that means I don’t know other than I know I believe. Everyone (even Mother Theresa… even Saint Peter!) has/had doubts

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 08:52 AM (xT8gx)

72 Don't tell me I can't drink bacon. I have maple bacon-flavored coffee!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026

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There are maple-scented pipe tobaccos, and plenty with a hint of campfire and barbecue sauce. I wonder if there is one with bacon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 08:52 AM (wzUl9)

73 Judge not as Christians. But, as citizens, we all wear the purple of Caesar.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 08:54 AM (S8ZfB)

74 ...how much does beauty weigh...

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Well, according to the popular culture that number has increased substantially in recent years.
Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 08:43 AM (qgHp7)

Good one!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 08:56 AM (wVcYX)

75 "off the ECMO machine"

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Brief primer for those who may not be familiar with it:"

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation or ECMO is a temporary means of augmenting cardiac and lung function during an interim where those functions are recovering from major dysfunction.

During any open heart surgery, the heart is stopped and blood is rerouted through a heart-lung bypass machine, whihc does exactly that, it bypasses the heart AND the lungs. Oxygen and CO2 are exchanged as the blood passes by a membrane, temperature and chemical balance are regulated.

ECMO is in essence a smaller version of a bypass machine that is portable enough to operate in an ICU room, and can provide up to several days of support while the heart is recovering from an injury or in the case of a transplant, the stress of being in an Igloo ice chest for a few hours.

(cont.)

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 08:57 AM (qgHp7)

76 You can judge all you want. We all make judgements every day. What you can't do is condemn anyone to hell.

That action belongs to G-d and him alone. Not even Jesus can do that.

"thou shall not judge" is just the first of many re-writings of the Bible to take hold.

Posted by: Just some random passer by at January 31, 2026 08:58 AM (89Sog)

77 I wonder if there is one with bacon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Wonder no more:

https://tinyurl.com/3jzk4p9t

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 08:58 AM (7xrfc)

78 “ You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”

Psalm 63:1

Posted by: Marcus T at January 31, 2026 08:58 AM (zw+xd)

79 A balmy 14 this morning with a light coating of snow, and a good day to All.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 31, 2026 08:58 AM (1lTYe)

80 But to talk to Him personally has always been extremely difficult for me, as though He has better things to do than listen to the likes of me. I never feel fervor and I'm envious of those who do.

It makes me aware of just how damaging my time away from the Faith has been. But slowly, my conduct is improving and maybe someday I'll feel the love for Him that I should.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 08:48 AM (tgvbd)

I'm in the same boat you are in. Mrs. Cop has a much personal relationship with God than I do.

Now, my 16 year-old grandson (the one that converted to Catholicism), that kid is imbued with the Holy Spirit and he LOVES Eucharistic Adoration. We've had more than one person in our parish ask us if we think he will eventually become a priest.

I think what helped him is that he has been going to Mass with us since he was about 6, and I had self-taught myself the Catechism and articles of faith that I was not taught in the 1970s as a child myself, so I was able to give him good instruction during his formative years.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 31, 2026 08:59 AM (pJWtt)

81 A desire to be saved is itself the sign of the Holy Spirit working in us. The 'Natural Man' has no desire for a God. We cannot even want to be saved without his intervention.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 08:59 AM (jc0TO)

82 I will say this: you Catholics who drop those prayer cards here and there, keep it up.

Three times in my life, when I was pondering monumental decisions, unsure how to solve a problem in my life, I have happened across these cards, prayed the prayers as instructed, and received the help I sought.

Rational, or irrational? I don't know, and I no longer care. I am grateful for the help.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:59 AM (h7ZuX)

83 The warmup is on its way, but it's still 11 here with a wind chill at zero.

It should get into the upper 20s next week. I'll break out the shorts and sandals.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)

84 Got willowed but have a video on thst Hoverbike, no way its real. No more thrust out back from looks like 2 bathroom fans.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 09:00 AM (Ia/+0)

85 (cont.)

ECMO can be used in several scenarios including pst-transplant, post drowning, post complex congenital heart surgery and others.

It is not, however, a permanent or sustainable technique. Longest I've seen was about two weeks. Therefore it has to serve as a delaying measure, or as we refer to it a "bridge" to something else. It can be a bridge to recovery, a bridge to transplant, or sadly in some cases a bridge to nowhere.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:02 AM (qgHp7)

86 35 right now outside, rising up by about 10 degrees by this afternoon, then dropping to 26 degrees overnight. 10 day forecast says no more sub-freezing temps expected.

My thoughts turn to when to apply pre-emergent weed killer. The timing is tricky.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:02 AM (wVcYX)

87 A desire to be saved is itself the sign of the Holy Spirit working in us. The 'Natural Man' has no desire for a God. We cannot even want to be saved without his intervention.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 08:59 AM (jc0TO)
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Wisdom begins with fear of the Lord.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:03 AM (ZOv7s)

88 I love to take a long jog every Saturday morning for exercise (and enjoyment of the outdoors). But this is now the second Saturday in a row that weather prevents… last Saturday an ice storm, today it’s too cold…. For the moment. I’m somewhat stubborn so I’m gonna wait until around noon when it’s “warmed up” to 28 degrees and the wind has died down a bit and I’m gonna do my “morning” jog in the early afternoon…. Improvise, adapt, overcome — Gunny Sgt Highway

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 09:05 AM (xT8gx)

89 Don't tell me I can't drink bacon. I have maple bacon-flavored coffee!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:47 AM

Ok. But let's talk about the pants requirement on the prestigous Book Thread.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at January 31, 2026 09:05 AM (0sNs1)

90
ECMO can be used in several scenarios including pst-transplant, post drowning, post complex congenital heart surgery and others.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:02 AM

thanks, Muldoon

I didn't know what ECMO was, just that graduating off of it was a good sign

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 31, 2026 09:06 AM (tljrc)

91 I will say this: you Catholics who drop those prayer cards here and there, keep it up.

Three times in my life, when I was pondering monumental decisions, unsure how to solve a problem in my life, I have happened across these cards, prayed the prayers as instructed, and received the help I sought.

Rational, or irrational? I don't know, and I no longer care. I am grateful for the help.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:59 AM (h7ZuX)

During my reversion back to the Catholic Church, I had come across an old prayer book published in the 1950s. One of the prayers was along the lines of, "Jesus how can I serve you and the Church?" I $h!t you not, I heard a voice answer me!

I was alone in the house, and the answer was completely unexpected but has brought me to taking a much more active role in my parish.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 31, 2026 09:06 AM (pJWtt)

92 I'm a lily of the field. God is my gardener.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:07 AM (wVcYX)

93 Rational, or irrational? I don't know, and I no longer care. I am grateful for the help.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 08:59 AM (h7ZuX)
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"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck." A fun line delivered by Sir Alec Guinness who was a Catholic convert. He first gave it serious consideration when playing a priest and filming in France and a little boy, thinking he was a real priest, just walked up to him and talked to him while holding his hand. The level of trust amazed him.

He began dropping into churches, praying from time to time, and when his son became ill, he made a vow to convert while praying for his son, who was healed, and who also was raised in the Church.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:07 AM (ZOv7s)

94 Oh, one more thing. ECMO does not have to be total bypass. It can be used to only partially offload the heart and can be gradually weaned off as cardiac function improves, as in NDH's case. In other words, partial heart-lung bypass rather than total.

Thus endeth today's lesson.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:08 AM (qgHp7)

95 Wolfus, it looks like the current temperature in Owensboro is 13 degrees, but feels like 1 degree.
So there's that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:09 AM (2Ez/1)

96 I wonder if there is one with bacon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Wonder no more:

https://tinyurl.com/3jzk4p9t
Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026

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Thanks, NR! I think I've actually seen it in person at my local pipe/cigar shop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 09:09 AM (wzUl9)

97 Muldoon — Your patients are very fortunate to have you! Excellent doctors are hard to find these days in my experience

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 09:12 AM (xT8gx)

98 My thoughts turn to when to apply pre-emergent weed killer. The timing is tricky.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:02 AM

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When you see the forsythia blooming.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

99 Wolfus, it looks like the current temperature in Owensboro is 13 degrees, but feels like 1 degree.
So there's that.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026

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When I move, I will either need to buy a treadmill or join a gym. It'd be difficult to work out in that, and I certainly can't laze around all winter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 09:12 AM (wzUl9)

100 My plan is to retire and become a nomad for five years.
I'll chase 70 degree weather.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

101 I love to take a long jog every Saturday morning for exercise (and enjoyment of the outdoors). But this is now the second Saturday in a row that weather prevents… last Saturday an ice storm, today it’s too cold…. For the moment. I’m somewhat stubborn so I’m gonna wait until around noon when it’s “warmed up” to 28 degrees and the wind has died down a bit and I’m gonna do my “morning” jog in the early afternoon…. Improvise, adapt, overcome — Gunny Sgt Highway
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026

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I've had to shift my workouts this last ten days to the afternoons. I don't like it much. Too much traffic on the streets leading to the walking trail. When I go at five or six am, there are very few cars.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)

102 Winter is meant for lazing around.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:15 AM (77rzZ)

103 My thoughts turn to when to apply pre-emergent weed killer. The timing is tricky.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:02 AM (wVcYX)
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Ever heard of Ralph Snodsmith? He used to have a radio garden show years ago. Anyway, the only thing I remember him saying, repeatedly, was to "Get your pre-emergent crab grass control down before the blossoms fall from the forsythia."

I don't know why I remember that or why I even listened to his show. I lived in Manhattan at the time.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 31, 2026 09:16 AM (3ImbR)

104 Government shutdown includes Department of Defense just as we may be about to liberate Iran. Coincidence?

Posted by: Rip N Read at January 31, 2026 09:16 AM (fr4zq)

105 Bulg how you holding up?

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 09:17 AM (Ia/+0)

106 I'm rather intolerant of black-pilling these days, and it's a combination of faith and gratitude for the super-abundance of blessings we are currently seeing. Honestly, Ace could (and maybe should) do a week of nothing but good news, because it's out there.

I saw that we surpassed Japan for steel production for the first time in 32 years. What!? I was told by every economist that immutable laws prevented a revival of American industry. Learn to code and all that. Wages are starting to rise and rents starting to fall. As winter loosens its grip, yard work and construction crews are going to have more and better paid citizen employees.

This boom is only getting started and it's going to be the biggest thing in 40 years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s)

107 But to talk to Him personally has always been extremely difficult for me, as though He has better things to do than listen to the likes of me. I never feel fervor and I'm envious of those who do.
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Hashem knows every blade of grass and every grain of sand. You think hashem doesn't know you, the pinnacle of Creation?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 09:18 AM (RIvkX)

108 ...how much does beauty weigh...

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Well, according to the popular culture that number has increased substantially in recent years.
Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 08:43 AM (qgHp7)

Heh. Nice.

Who knew a concept with no calories could be so fattening?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 31, 2026 09:18 AM (iJfKG)

109 Prayers for all the Horde in need

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 31, 2026 09:18 AM (Frj3y)

110 Learn to coal.

Posted by: West Virginia Employment Commission at January 31, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)

111 105 OK, Skip. Just sitting here on the couch, counting down to 1546 when I can take this contraption off (the heart monitor thingy).

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

112 I've had to shift my workouts this last ten days to the afternoons. I don't like it much. Too much traffic on the streets leading to the walking trail. When I go at five or six am, there are very few cars.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)

Yes, early morning is my preference. Fewer people and more peaceful

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 09:20 AM (xT8gx)

113 Don't tell me I can't drink bacon. I have maple bacon-flavored coffee!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 08:47 AM

Hmmm. Maybe those who like butter in their coffee could try bacon fat instead.

Sounds awful to me, but I'm picky that way.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2026 09:20 AM (h7ZuX)

114 Winter is meant for lazing around.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:15 AM (77rzZ)
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I do not expect to gain any ground with winter workouts, just try to limit losses until I get get outside again. There is absolutely no good reason to try running or even serious walking with ice on the sidewalk. I knew that when I was in my 20s and it's doubly true now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:20 AM (ZOv7s)

115 Posted by: LinusVanPelt

******

Thanks for the kind words. I was a bit of a throwback and could not in good faith function in an Obamacare world. I retired from practice in 2019 and although I miss some aspects, have no regrets.

Just this past week I saw a local news story about a 9 year old boy doing a fundraiser for Make-A-Wish. Turns out he is a boy that was referred to me within hours of birth, with hypoplastic left hear syndrome. I vividly remember making the diagnosis and sitting down with the family to inform them of what would come. Three heart surgeries and later a transplant (after I retired) here he was. A nice memory.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:20 AM (qgHp7)

116 When you see the forsythia blooming.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

Ever heard of Ralph Snodsmith? He used to have a radio garden show years ago. Anyway, the only thing I remember him saying, repeatedly, was to "Get your pre-emergent crab grass control down before the blossoms fall from the forsythia."

I don't know why I remember that or why I even listened to his show. I lived in Manhattan at the time.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 31, 2026 09:16 AM (3ImbR)

Thanks, both of you. Just one question. What is a forsythia?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:20 AM (wVcYX)

117 Good morning MisHum, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 31, 2026 09:21 AM (sVV4J)

118 Learn to coal.
Posted by: West Virginia Employment Commission at January 31, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)
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How come no one worried about gender imbalances in coal mining or the crab fleets?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

119 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

120 My son puts honey in his coffee.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

121 *Thanks, both of you. Just one question. What is a forsythia?*

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I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Al Gore's Amazing Internet at January 31, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

122 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)
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I started using heavy whipping cream and I like it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:23 AM (ZOv7s)

123 A balmy 20 degrees here in DFW, enjoying my HEB pecan coffee.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 31, 2026 09:24 AM (0U5gm)

124 Bacon-flavored Spam seems a bit of overkill.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:24 AM (wVcYX)

125 Hey it's up to 6° here. When I posted on Pixy's thread I was 0°. Got down to -8 here in the MidHudson last night

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 09:25 AM (IDEQi)

126 Bacon-flavored Spam seems a bit of overkill.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:24 AM (wVcYX)
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One could just fry it in bacon grease.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

127 Don't knock it 'till you've fried it.
In honey butter.

Posted by: Spam at January 31, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)

128 Good morning good people. Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Prayers please for our Grand Knight Paul - he has a constellation of cardiac issues and has been taken to his childhood home in Memphis by his sister to die.

Continued prayers are also asked for our great nation and all those who work for the ideals that we strive for.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 09:26 AM (cYBz/)

129 Oh, re ECMO, for those in Rio Linda:

Air goes in and out, blood goes round and round, and oxygen is good.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:27 AM (qgHp7)

130 Forsythia:

https://tinyurl.com/3w7k2y92

Posted by: IrishEi at January 31, 2026 09:28 AM (3ImbR)

131 Thanks, both of you. Just one question. What is a forsythia?
Posted by: Count de Monet

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 09:28 AM (cYBz/)

132 The UN is running out of money. Anyway...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 09:29 AM (IDEQi)

133 Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:20 AM (qgHp7)

You got the same satisfaction from your work as did(does) my dad. He was a pastor for many years (still preaches and visits at hospitals part time) and it’s amazing to me how many lives he touched… people he runs into etc

I went into engineering and it’s had its own rewards but less significant I think… maybe if I had a do over I might’ve been a pastor. No do overs though. I’m content, but do occasionally think of Frost’s “road not taken”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 09:29 AM (xT8gx)

134 So much loss and suffering in this world. Thank God He is in control, and that while this is difficult, and sometimes feels impossible, we know that this life is temporary and short. Eternity is forever.
May all those who are suffering, or have loved ones suffering/dying, know the peace of God, even in the small things. May He comfort them and hold them close.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 31, 2026 09:30 AM (nz1sK)

135 Something I've been meaning to mention is that the reason why the left is using incendiary language is because that is all they have left. The Old Left actually featured hard men of action, but they all died off, and now we have noodle-armed soyboys, drama queens and AWFLS, none of whom are of any use in a fight.

They also grew up in a society where pouting and being a helpless victim was a path to power, and threats never had to be acted upon, because everyone always caved. So now they are in a situation where they are facing calm, determined, systematic resistance and all they can do is scream louder. That's their play.

Now there is some kinetic action, but it's very limited compared to the late 1960s, when whole cities burned. The violence now is performative, and its also inorganic, that is to say not staffed by true believers but by otherwise unemployable mentally ill mercenaries. (cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

136 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Al Gore's Amazing Internet at January 31, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

Yes, forsythia grows well in Texas, particularly in North Texas, Northeast Texas, East Texas, and Southeast Texas. It thrives best in areas east of I-35, especially where soils are moist, slightly acidic to neutral, and rich in organic matter.

Blooming Time: Forsythia blooms in late February to mid-March, often alongside early daffodils and red japonica, marking one of the first signs of spring in Texas.

Truly amazing invention, Al. Much obliged. How's the chakra release quest going?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)

137 Here was a man who could not find faith himself, but let others lead him to it, and his profession was actually a prayer that God help him get the rest of the way there.

Mark 19:23-24

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 09:32 AM (Fs0KI)

138 There’s no need to believe it’s overly complicated or involves a complex understanding of theology. It doesn’t.

All it takes is to open your heart to God. Let him in. He’s standing right beside you, as He always has and always will.

Even in your darkest moments, when you feel abandoned and think He’s turned away from you- He has not. He’s guiding you through those difficult moments- pray for understanding.

I’ve seen some terrible things. Things that made me wonder where He was in all that horror. Then at one point He told me, Marcus, I’m right here where I’ve always been. Open your heart and soul to me and realize I have never left your side. At that moment I looked back and realized He carried me through all of it. Every single moment. At first I felt ashamed, but that turned to indescribable joy.

God, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is an awesome God. There is nothing He cannot do. Pray to Him. Ask him to forgive you for your sins and come in to your life. You will find magnificent peace and fulfillment. You will find great comfort and joy in your soul. Praise God in Heaven.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 31, 2026 09:32 AM (zw+xd)

139 The Old Left actually featured hard men of action, but they all died off, and now we have noodle-armed soyboys, drama queens and AWFLS, none of whom are of any use in a fight.

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: LGBTQ+FDFJOEMGRFGM at January 31, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

140 No do overs though. I’m content, but do occasionally think of Frost’s “road not taken”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

***********

No harm in that as long as it is wistful 'what-if-ery' and not burdened by regerts. I sometimes think I could have been a detective.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:33 AM (qgHp7)

141
How come no one worried about gender imbalances in coal mining or the crab fleets?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

__________

Men die on the job at 13 times the rate of women. When that gender imbalance is corrected, I'll start worrying about the number of female CEOs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 09:33 AM (tgvbd)

142 Yes, early morning is my preference. Fewer people and more peaceful
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Plus the feelings of innate superiority, as you contemplate all those lazy bone slugs wallowing in bed at 0545 when they oughtta be up and at ‘em, being productive. One should bring a bullhorn on early morning jogs, to encourage suburbia with motivational messages decrying their slovenly habits

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 09:34 AM (itAZI)

143 "How's the chakra release quest going?"

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Not too well. Seems it's in a lock box.
Like Social Security.

Posted by: I used to be the next president of the United States at January 31, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

144 Because the left has controlled the commanding heights of finance for at least 20 years, they have gotten lazy and stupid. This is partly because the Soros-type evil geniuses have been replaced by idiot nepotist diversity hires. They don't bother to hide their corruption because they think that they have a right to it.

This makes it laughably easy to roll up those networks, which is happening under the radar. Lots of people want to see results, but that takes time, not just to build the case, but to identify prosecutors who will purposefully tank what should have been slam-dunk prosecutions. Even so, the pinch is already being felt, and a lot of their troopers are being laid off, which also limits future contributions.

The left also knows that if it goes full kinetic, it will lose instantly. The training they are getting stresses this, and their hope is to make martyrs that sway the soccer moms. The problem is that soccer moms are the ones being raped, and they fear for the safety of themselves and their children. No one cares about gang members being deported. (cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

145 I'm drinking 3 day old coffee this morning because it is
wrong to waste coffee. I wish I had some 2 day old pie.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 09:35 AM (LHPAg)

146 Plus the feelings of innate superiority, as you contemplate all those lazy bone slugs wallowing in bed at 0545 when they oughtta be up and at ‘em, being productive.

That's nice, but it won't help you in the long run. You're not one of the elect. Sorry.

Posted by: John Calvin at January 31, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

147 Plus the feelings of innate superiority, as you contemplate all those lazy bone slugs wallowing in bed at 0545 when they oughtta be up and at ‘em, being productive. One should bring a bullhorn on early morning jogs, to encourage suburbia with motivational messages decrying their slovenly habits
Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 09:34 AM (itAZI)

The spirit of Gunny Hartman live on!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

148 119 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Someone should package this in a spray can.

Ghee Whiz

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 31, 2026 09:36 AM (FMtrg)

149 I might be more tolerant of the cold if the sun would shine. Early in the week, after the winter storm, the sky cleared and it was sunny. Air temperature was 22 or so, but no wind. The back of the house faces south. Up against the the house, on the deck, it was 58 degrees.

I had a cigar. It was quiet, the roads were a mess so, no traffic. Peaceful. But I'm pretty much sick of winter now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 09:36 AM (jtM2q)

150 67 Hadrian, the Lord is infinite. He has time to listen to everyone who comes to him.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

151
Yes, early morning is my preference. Fewer people and more peaceful

__________

The time between morning chores at 5:00 (or earlier) and getting Her Majesty's coffee at 7:00 is my favorite part of the day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 09:36 AM (tgvbd)

152 At what was the lowest point in my life, and I was alone, an elderly couples stopped by my table at a McDonald's. The man gave me a prayer card. Not Jehovah's witness, just people. And this has never happened before or since.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 31, 2026 09:36 AM (Xbquz)

153 "How come no one worried about gender imbalances in coal mining or the crab fleets?"

*polite cough*

Posted by: Roofers and oilfield workers at January 31, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

154 Early in the week, after the winter storm, the sky cleared and it was sunny. Air temperature was 22 or so, but no wind. The back of the house faces south. Up against the the house, on the deck, it was 58 degrees.

I had a cigar. It was quiet, the roads were a mess so, no traffic. Peaceful. But I'm pretty much sick of winter now.

You are mistaken. There is only unrelenting heat now.

Posted by: Al Gore at January 31, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

155 148 119 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Someone should package this in a spray can.

Ghee Whiz
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 31, 2026 09:36 AM (FMtrg)
KerryGold Unsalted Irish butter.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 09:37 AM (LHPAg)

156 Skip, I am sorry for your loss

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 31, 2026 09:37 AM (rjRKB)

157 This brings me to the genius of Trump's strategy focusing on detainers and local law enforcement participation. These idiots are literally planting their flag on defending child rapists from federal officers. Great idea! That's really going to win middle America over to the cause.

The lethal incidents didn't pan out, and the relatively tiny forces in play have a low loss threshold. They thought this would be cost-free, and this changes the calculous completely.

Note also that local law enforcement is also locally led, so the police chiefs and sheriffs are under intense pressure to keep the streets safe and many will lose their jobs if they keep releasing rapists back onto the street. I live in a liberal college town, but they absolutely call the cops in a hot minute if they think there is a threat. If the local cops were letting rapists go, there would be hell to pay. (cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)

158 Faith is more than words; what is fruit of faith? This is what I note about Scott Adam’s life: his actual life was always a moral and honorable one. He not simply lived a moral life; he used his talents to the best of his ability, and especially in the last years focused on using his particular talents to be of service to those around him.
If that is not a Godly life, what is?
And so at the end he finally mastered his pride and said what he already was showing in his life. Good for him! He’d done the hard part long before.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 09:38 AM (ai6/n)

159 BTW someone once asked me- “How do I worship God? Where do I start?”. And I replied, “That’s easy, start on your knees”.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 31, 2026 09:38 AM (zw+xd)

160 > 119 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

And the person who brings the coffee could be called the Gheezer Butler.

Posted by: Black Sabbath at January 31, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

161
Plus the feelings of innate superiority, as you contemplate all those lazy bone slugs wallowing in bed at 0545 when they oughtta be up and at ‘em, being productive

___________

Cold shower, journal entry, granola smoothie. That's what the go-getters on LinkedIn tell me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 09:39 AM (tgvbd)

162 The land the UN building is on was purchased from a real estate developer by Rockefeller and then donated. The original intent was a large area “zone”, comparable to District of Columbia. Residents decided that was a bad idea.

The building itself was funded by a zero interest multimillion dollar loan by the United States. “Paid back on time” we are told, though the US is the principal source of money anyhow.

Visitors at one time were free to wander around the building, and admission was free. Not anymore.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 09:39 AM (itAZI)

163 Anybody else sick of Sweeney? Talk about overexposed. I blame Big Sweeney.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 09:42 AM (vFG9F)

164 Plus the feelings of innate superiority, as you contemplate all those lazy bone slugs wallowing in bed at 0545 when they oughtta be up and at ‘em, being productive. One should bring a bullhorn on early morning jogs, to encourage suburbia with motivational messages decrying their slovenly habits
Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 09:34 AM (itAZI)

I laughed. At the height of covid insanity I lived in LA and they actually “closed” the beach… which is where I did my jogging then… one day I decided enough was enough… I got up at 4am and did my usual jog on the “closed” beach. Had to dodge around a few barriers that had been placed but no one bothered me in the morning solitude…. It was ghost town on Manhattan Beach at 5am… then I got more bold and started going down there at 7am after sunrise. No one ever bothered me. Close the beach… galactically idiotic and retarded

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 09:42 AM (xT8gx)

165 This is why Trump didn't and won't invoke the Insurrection Act. Like the Sword of Damocles, its virtue is that it hangs, not that it falls. I suppose Trump could be pushed into it, but that would be what happens - the locals start begging for it and the governor or mayor is in open, unmistakable rebellion, tearing down the flag or some other stupid symbolic act.

Another crazy thing is the tiny amount of forces engaged. Trump federalizing the Minnesota ARNG would quadruple his resources, hilariously overmatching the opposition. You can bet Walz knows that, which is why he talks out of both sides of his mouth. Trump knows it, too, which is why he leaves out there.

The upshot: this was not a brilliant strategy by the left, but a desperate spoiling attack. The fraud coming out is only going to get worse, and Walz had to move before he was indicted.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

166 Those of us that are still productive at midnight and chose to sleep late don't get any credit.

Healthy wealthy and wise, my ass.

I blame Ben Franklin and Big Proverb.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

167 Note also that local law enforcement is also locally led, so the police chiefs and sheriffs are under intense pressure to keep the streets safe and many will lose their jobs if they keep releasing rapists back onto the street.

And yet...

https://is.gd/2sFDbI

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 09:43 AM (Riz8t)

168 163 A lot of guys would be happy to take Sweeney out of the public eye.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

169 Good morning Horde, I am praying for all of us.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 31, 2026 09:46 AM (0nHVk)

170
Those of us that are still productive at midnight and chose to sleep late don't get any credit.

__________

Her Majesty is one of those people. The problem arises when she needs (or just wants) my assistance then. I get very grouchy when I'm sleepy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 09:46 AM (tgvbd)

171 This is what I note about Scott Adam’s life: his actual life was always a moral and honorable one.

*******

Peter (2 Peter Ch. 1) instructs the early Church disciples in how to grow in their faith. It starts with an attitude of virtue/morality, then seeking knowledge/truth, applying self-restraint, diligence, then seeking godliness and eventually growing in brotherly love and agape love/charity.

It's a process. And there will be setbacks.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)

172 I’m not sure it’s possible for Sydney Sweeney to be overexposed… IYKWIMAITYD

Hubba hubba

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 09:48 AM (xT8gx)

173 We agree she's got great genes. Which resulted in great golden globes.

Posted by: Guys everywhere at January 31, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

174 At what was the lowest point in my life, and I was alone, an elderly couples stopped by my table at a McDonald's. The man gave me a prayer card. Not Jehovah's witness, just people. And this has never happened before or since.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 31, 2026 09:36 AM (Xbquz)
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Nah the lowest point in anyone's life would be at an Arby's.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

175 With only talk and a occasional picture of Sydney can't say I am tired of her

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 09:51 AM (Ia/+0)

176 "Be kind, be nice. Being Pretti good isn't good enough."

That made me chuckle.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 09:51 AM (vWWqj)

177 Is being Pretti good better than being Renee Good?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 31, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

178 And yet...

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 09:43 AM (Riz8t)
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That does not refute my position. In dysfunctional cities, you get dysfunctional law enforcement.

Another piece that I should address is the scope of voter fraud. I think we will find that the margin of fraud may be 20% in some jurisdictions. The slow, methodical grind is going to expose that bit by bit, which is another reason for the paid riots which - to be very clear - end the minute local cops are allowed to shut it down.

There's a lot of bad-mouthing police here, and I will say that based on accounts I've seen, the inner city cops are either hopelessly corrupt, time-servers watching the calendar or rookies trying to build a resume until they can transfer out and at this late day, the skew is heavily toward the third group. Portland the Seattle famously are undermanned, and they are getting the least qualified applicants.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)

179 Nah the lowest point in anyone's life would be at an Arby's.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Pfffft! White Castle has entered the chat.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 09:54 AM (cYBz/)

180 I liked the story of the couple and their giving you a prayer card. Thanks, JM in IL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 09:54 AM (vWWqj)

181 Anybody else sick of Sweeney? Talk about overexposed. I blame Big Sweeney.

I don't care about her one way or the other except that my ideological opponents seem to hate her which pleases me. Because I'm petty that way. Otherwise, she seems like someone who knows that her popularity is time limited and is making the most of it while she can. I can admire that.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 09:55 AM (Fs0KI)

182 Cities aren't dysfunctional. People are.

Posted by: The ghost of Don Rumsfeld at January 31, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

183 I never got White Castle. I always found those tiny burgers irritating.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

184 I know for a fact (because my daughter was going to go into law enforcement) that Detroit PD is basically the McDonalds of cop shops, the starter job you take upon graduation. The more desirable departments want to see some on the job experience, and Detroit is a good place to get it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

185 The upshot: this was not a brilliant strategy by the left, but a desperate spoiling attack. The fraud coming out is only going to get worse, and Walz had to move before he was indicted.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

Agree completely! Emotionally we would love to see the insurrection act invoked, but rationally it isn’t needed. For all the uproar, there’s only a small number of people involved in creating disturbances in Minneapolis; maybe 2,000 max? A compliant and sensationalistic media amplifies them and works to make them appear to be far greater than they actually are. (And idiots trying to get themselves shot give the media everything they want)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 09:56 AM (ai6/n)

186 Nah the lowest point in anyone's life would be at an Arby's.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Pfffft! White Castle has entered the chat.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 09:54 AM (cYBz/)

Locally, Burger Kings are sad and forlorn places. Sketchy, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2026 09:56 AM (wVcYX)

187 Demons Wilson
Katherine O'Hara

Who will be the third?

Morning peeps!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 31, 2026 09:57 AM (2J/Lj)

188 "Otherwise, she seems like someone who knows that her popularity is time limited and is making the most of it while she can. I can admire that."
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Is this about me?

Posted by: Tay Tay at January 31, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

189 We used to go to the White Castle a lot when I was a yute. I took Mrs. F. on her first visit back East with me and there was an "unpleasant incident" among the customers while we ate that freaked her out. Hey, it's White Castle.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

190 I know for a fact (because my daughter was going to go into law enforcement) that Detroit PD is basically the McDonalds of cop shops, the starter job you take upon graduation. The more desirable departments want to see some on the job experience, and Detroit is a good place to get it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

*laughs* That's why I love Beverly Hills, L.A.!

Posted by: Det. Axel Foley at January 31, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX)

191 The sad thing about Sweeney is that we just to have dozens of hot chicks in the public eye. Go back to the 80s and count the babes on TV and in film. Even into the 90s there was lots of fresh talent rising.

A whole generation has been deprived of attractive, good-natured women in the public eye. No wonder the men are porn addicts and the women are filled with hate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)

192 I never got White Castle. I always found those tiny burgers irritating.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

They’re unique no doubt. I used to enjoy eating 10 in one sitting when I was a kid and parents had us visiting relatives in Chicago area… not for regular consumption but a nice occasional treat

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 09:59 AM (xT8gx)

193 Back from a visit to the market. Once again, there were adorable kids riding in carts that looked like cars drive and with their parents. Two little blonde girls with their hair in pigtails who must have been about three and five and an absolutely adorable boy with the most beautiful red hair who looked about four. He gave me the biggest smile when I told he and his dad how lovely his hair is. I
Am always happy at seeing the kids because it reminds me of them our son was little.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 10:00 AM (vWWqj)

194 I found a good recipe for mock White Castle on allrecipes.com

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

195 183 I never got White Castle. I always found those tiny burgers irritating.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 09:55 AM

+++++
Come see me.

Posted by: Krystal at January 31, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

196 Aaaaaand snow flurries.

God, I love Global Warmenarmening.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at January 31, 2026 10:01 AM (FIwBs)

197 Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 09:46 AM

Nice passage. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 10:01 AM (vWWqj)

198 Multiple explosions across Iran happening

The Saudis have completely reversed their position about involvement against Iran and purchased 9 billion worth of patriot missiles
Iran, China and Russia are conducting joint exercises in the Straight of Hormuz now.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 10:02 AM (0KSrI)

199 The first lawsuit by a detransitioner has been settled in NY. She won a 2 million judgement against the surgeon, operation performed when she was 16. Goes to X

https://tinyurl.com/2p9rmc5u

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 10:02 AM (+mUZM)

200 193 Fen, same here. I love seeing the kids in the supermarket, because it also reminds me of my son when he was little.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

201 "Otherwise, she seems like someone who knows that her popularity is time limited and is making the most of it while she can. I can admire that."
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Is this about me?
Posted by: Tay Tay

Not really. She's been earning gobs of money for 20+ years now. Like her or not, she's successful because millions of people want to give her money. I admire that too.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 10:02 AM (Fs0KI)

202 Quetico-Superior National Forest, and the Boundary Waters, Voyagers National Park and millions of acres of surrounding lakes and forests were “closed” during the lockdowns. I prodded a Minnesota squarehead about this, he had no problem whatsoever with that. Really weird, I don’t grok how people can’t think at even a basic level anymore.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 10:03 AM (itAZI)

203 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at January 31, 2026 10:04 AM (HFx9z)

204 That does not refute my position. In dysfunctional cities, you get dysfunctional law enforcement.

The question is WHY the cities are dysfunctional and have the law enforcement they do. I submit that it's because the people in those cities vote for it. The overlap between blue voting and rioting ultimately reflects what a substantial portion of the people in those cities demand.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

205 BREAKING: 1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit to Trial Wins $2 Million Judgement
Fox Varian sued her Westchester, NY, area psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at 16.

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A pox on both their houses. She was in it up to her eyeballs and they exploited a mentally ill person.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:05 AM (J+Psw)

206 My grandson, Fella, has been battling a cold. It is now an ear infection. He's on amoxicillin and getting better. Poor Fella was feeling awful so I am very happy and relieved that he is improving.
And he's getting two teeth!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 31, 2026 10:05 AM (2J/Lj)

207 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

208 Multiple explosions across Iran happening...Iran, China and Russia are conducting joint exercises in the Straight of Hormuz now.

Source? Sounds like things are about to get spicy.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

209 Multiple explosions across Iran happening

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 10:02 AM (0KSrI)
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I think we are seeing battlespace prep. b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:06 AM (RIvkX)

210 Not really. She's been earning gobs of money for 20+ years now. Like her or not, she's successful because millions of people want to give her money. I admire that too.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 10:02 AM (Fs0KI)
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Swift's longevity is in part because her fan base has aged with her. There was an article buy a guy who went to a concert with his wife, and it was heavily into 30-somethings rather than teenagers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 10:07 AM (ZOv7s)

211 Archimedes, Tousi TV. Videos supplied with time stamps.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 10:07 AM (0KSrI)

212 The last time I ate at a BK, the drive through gal was a bit surly, or seething and managed to say not a single word. No thank you or your welcome or come again or anything. I decided BK doesn’t need my money.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (itAZI)

213 Jim Acosta cuts through the bullshit.

Jim Acosta: Trump is a racist, and that’s why he went after Don Lemon.
“He likes to f**k with Don because he’s black."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (J+Psw)

214 Lamont the Big Dummy from Sanford and Sons has died. Demond Wilson was 79 and a Vietnam combat vet with a Purple Heart.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (zQwXC)

215 I really liked White Castle when I was a child for some reason. Don't have any where I am now, so perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (0U5gm)

216 SanFranpsycho, agreed. The Saudi turn around is huge.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (0KSrI)

217 Archimedes, Tousi TV. Videos supplied with time stamps.

Thanks. I haven't seen them before.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

218 The question is WHY the cities are dysfunctional and have the law enforcement they do. I submit that it's because the people in those cities vote for it. The overlap between blue voting and rioting ultimately reflects what a substantial portion of the people in those cities demand.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)
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To a certain extent, but the voter fraud explanation can't be discarded. Michigan used to have much cleaner elections, and Detroit actually elected a white mayor who promised law and order - and delivered.

That's the dog that isn't barking, btw. Detroit shut down BLM quick. No white Ann Arborite check is going downtown to the D and starting anything.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

219 214 Lamont the Big Dummy from Sanford and Sons has died. Demond Wilson was 79 and a Vietnam combat vet with a Purple Heart.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (zQwXC)

His first name was Grady.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 31, 2026 10:09 AM (2J/Lj)

220 You get what you tolerate.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)
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I've said this to my people a thousand times. Your silence is your approval.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:09 AM (RIvkX)

221 206 MMH, I hope you’re spoiling that little guy to the wild excess that only a grandmother is capable of.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

222 It's in the JPost too

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:10 AM (RIvkX)

223 I remember my mom was enthusiastic about White Castle burgers. They were extirpated on our range, so I never had any. I guess they were good, but. Had to order about 10 of them is my understanding.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 10:11 AM (itAZI)

224 Jim Acosta: Trump is a racist, and that’s why he went after Don Lemon.
“He likes to f**k with Don because he’s black."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (J+Psw)
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Jim Acosta liked to f*ck with Trump because Trump's rich, successful, and a happy warrior.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 10:11 AM (kpS4V)

225 My grandson, Fella, has been battling a cold.

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On a happier note, my toddler grandson has learned a new word, Denis. Denis Denis penis. Everything is penis.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:11 AM (J+Psw)

226 I really liked White Castle when I was a child for some reason. Don't have any where I am now, so perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (0U5gm)
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I have them from the frozen food section and they are good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:13 AM (RIvkX)

227 On a happier note, my toddler grandson has learned a new word, Denis. Denis Denis penis. Everything is penis.Denis.

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Well, I see autocucumber is only beginning to learn that word.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:13 AM (J+Psw)

228 On a happier note, my toddler grandson has learned a new word, Denis. Denis Denis penis. Everything is penis.

Sounds good. He's ready to join us.

Posted by: The AOSHQ recruitment bureau at January 31, 2026 10:13 AM (Riz8t)

229 225 My son went through a phase where every other word out of his mouth (and sometimes every word) was “butt.”

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

230 On a happier note, my toddler grandson has learned a new word, Denis. Denis Denis penis. Everything is penis.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:11 AM (J+Psw)
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All he needs is "boobs" and he's ready to start posting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

231 A few Numbers from Fulton County:

Swapping of 35 memory cards during a live election
20,713 ballots attributed to ten advance voting machines with no provenance
3,930 ballots intentionally scanned and counted more than once for the recount
103.6 percent and 113.8 percent “citizen voting age population registered to vote”
Fulton County’s official records include 22,534 more ballots cast than voters

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 31, 2026 10:14 AM (gbOdA)

232 SanFranpsycho, I only read. Aruz Sheva or Yedioth Ahronoth

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 10:14 AM (0KSrI)

233 Iran is being plagued by simultaneous explosions across the country....how iiiiinteresting!

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:14 AM (g47mK)

234 Jim Acosta pops up suddenly and he’s as retarded as ever…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 10:14 AM (xT8gx)

235 A retired AF Col. gave me a rosary and asked me to pray for the veterans. So, I alternate using that one and a "Combat Rosary" that I purchased.

Combat rosaries were originally made for WWI out of gun metal. The Pope granted indulgences to any soldier carrying it when he died. They had leftovers in warehouses when WWII started so those were issued. More were then manufactured.

I have a dear respect for veterans of combat. Oh what horror they must have seen.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 10:15 AM (qFwJc)

236 Lamont the Big Dummy from Sanford and Sons has died. Demond Wilson was 79 and a Vietnam combat vet with a Purple Heart.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 31, 2026 10:08 AM (zQwXC)

His first name was Grady.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

RIP.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:15 AM (J+Psw)

237 Well, Iranian state TV is reporting it too!

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:15 AM (g47mK)

238 "For I know the plans I have for you, sayeth the Lord -
Plans to prosper you and not to harm you;
Plans to give you a hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11

Haven't been to church in many years (mostly due to physical restrictions). But my faith is always there; always has been, for some reason. I have never had any problem reconciling my engineering and scientific proclivities with the existence of God.

Mine is a quiet faith; I like it that way. Hubby says I am one of the most fearless people he knows. That must be God working through me, because I have never thought of myself that way - I fear lots of things. All I know is that I trust that all will be well, even if "well" is not the outcome that I want.

Everyone's faith is different, but God made each one of us different, so I am not surprised.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 31, 2026 10:15 AM (SRRAx)

239 It appears that Don 'Cheesedick' Lemon just doesn't get it.

For him to lash out defiantly, after his release, at the DOJ for his trespasses is not sinking in to his diseased, 'journalist' brain.

What the DOJ did was give him a warning shot across the bow.

If he chooses to pull another stunt like he did, it is almost guaranteed the parishioners of the church will beat him down and the DOJ will not be there to save him.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 10:16 AM (oT7pT)

240 runner, IRGC is claiming that it is gas line explosions.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 10:16 AM (0KSrI)

241 There was a time before White Castle.

In Wheaton, MD there was Little Tavern. It was a small joint with a few booths and a counter. They sold little, square burgers "by the bag." Onions were standard.

After a long night of boozing it up in D.C. (when the legal drinking age for hard liquor was 1

that place was the bomb. Open 24X7.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 10:16 AM (jtM2q)

242 When our son was a toddler he didn’t enunciate the T properly… he’d get all excited at the sight of firemen and he’d shout out: Firefuck!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 31, 2026 10:16 AM (xT8gx)

243 I still maintain it isn’t “voters” largely or even smallely effecting the fraud.

It is election precinct officials, among others. Election fraud is a better and more accurate description. Credit where credit is due, and places the focus where it should be.

“There is no widespread voter fraud” is completely missing the point. It does not need to be widespread. A few precincts can flip the whole state, and a few states can flip the whole election.

We cannot allow unscrupulous people to “frame” the issues, and use neutral, euphemistic weasel words and phrases.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 10:16 AM (itAZI)

244 drinking age was 18...

Geeze....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 10:17 AM (jtM2q)

245 Bandar Abbas, Tehran, Akvaz, Tabriz. All over the place! and possibly more!

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:17 AM (g47mK)

246 IRGC is claiming that it is gas line explosions.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 10:16 AM (0KSrI)

as in June 2025

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:17 AM (g47mK)

247 runner, Qom also

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2026 10:17 AM (0KSrI)

248 Faith and Science are orthogonal.

Neither negates the other.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 10:17 AM (qFwJc)

249 Don 'Cheesedick' Lemon
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The forgotten Globetrotter.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 31, 2026 10:18 AM (kpS4V)

250 MMH, I hope you’re spoiling that little guy to the wild excess that only a grandmother is capable of.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

I most definitely am! I'm gonna have to up my game though. Hubbymayhem (aka grandpa) is getting dedicated to over the top. Yesterday, he bought a scroll saw for the shop. Because..
A) it was there and only cost $25.
B) he wanted one.
C) he's going to build a rocking horse for Fella. It will actually be a giraffe. A rocking giraffe.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 31, 2026 10:18 AM (2J/Lj)

251 Explosiona all over Iran, irgc targets being hit in several cities. Tousi is covering it now and the reports keep coming in.

Best guess so far is drone strikes. My guess is cia/mossad going crazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUNCXvoBxgY

Posted by: Just some random passer by at January 31, 2026 10:19 AM (89Sog)

252 235 A retired AF Col. gave me a rosary and asked me to pray for the veterans. So, I alternate using that one and a "Combat Rosary" that I purchased.

Combat rosaries were originally made for WWI out of gun metal. The Pope granted indulgences to any soldier carrying it when he died. They had leftovers in warehouses when WWII started so those were issued. More were then manufactured.

I have a dear respect for veterans of combat. Oh what horror they must have seen.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 10:15 AM (qFwJc)
Those GI rosaries used to be available online at Keep Shooting.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 10:19 AM (ENvs6)

253 248 Religion, science, and art all come from the same place: Humanity’s need to make sense of the world.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

254 When our son was a toddler he didn’t enunciate the T properly… he’d get all excited at the sight of firemen and he’d shout out: Firefuck!!
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I’m revealing my age, but on one of the Apollo missions, 16 I think, with Duke and Young, they discovered moon rocks with Vesicles. I was a rockhound, though I had lost my front teeth about that time. So I was running around excited “They found rocks with Vethickles!” Vethickles!” and I never heard the end of it.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 10:19 AM (itAZI)

255 We cannot allow unscrupulous people to “frame” the issues, and use neutral, euphemistic weasel words and phrases.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 10:16 AM (itAZI)
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The late night vote dump flipped Michigan. Biden got more votes than Obama in 2012.

Weirdly, when Obama was on the ballot in 2008, it was a statewide bloodbath for the GOP. In 2020, the House GOP retained its majority. Anyone who knew Michigan politics knew what happened.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 31, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

256 Here in Brevard County, FL we're getting ready for a freeze.

I don't have a fixed source of heat other than the stove and oven. My house was built in the 50's (like me!)

I've got a little space hearer from Amazon that works well and an electric blanket. The house has been retrofitted with foot of blown in insulation and double pane windows and holds heat pretty well.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:20 AM (jnZe8)

257 My FiL wanted my son to know all the anatomical parts.

I taught my son the word "penis" and what it meant.

So, at dinner, my FiL asks "Where is your elbow?" etc.

I finally ask "Where is your penis?"

It was hilarious.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 10:20 AM (qFwJc)

258 Holy city of Qom, is now Holly city of Qom...

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:20 AM (g47mK)

259 I have them from the frozen food section and they are good.

Correct. Almost as good as fresh from the store. Microwave 30 seconds each side wrapped in a paper towel. Plus in and hour or 2 you will get cleaned out just like the real thing.

Posted by: Colon Blow at January 31, 2026 10:20 AM (R/m4+)

260 Israel made an official statement and said they are not involved. Too far from home....

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:21 AM (g47mK)

261 Good morning all.
Still freezing here in the DMV but this got me moving this morning.
https://tinyurl.com/5x2b78hp
Love
Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 31, 2026 10:22 AM (t/2Uw)

262 191 The sad thing about Sweeney is that we used to have dozens of hot chicks in the public eye. Go back to the 80s and count the babes on TV and in film. Even into the 90s there was lots of fresh talent rising.”

One of the ONT’s this week had a David Lee Roth video, watched it for the memories. I think every David Lee Roth video made the point that you just did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 10:22 AM (IUuBi)

263 Combat rosaries were originally made for WWI out of gun metal.
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I found a small pocket Bible in a box of stuff, one of uncles from WWII, the cover was 1/8” steel plate or manganese or something like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 10:23 AM (itAZI)

264 And Lemon is a Cultural Marxist interfering with a religious ceremony.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 10:23 AM (Ia/+0)

265
Combat rosaries were originally made for WWI out of gun metal.

__________

Still made. Used by the Swiss Guards. I have two. Just right for my big hands.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 10:24 AM (tgvbd)

266 260 Israel made an official statement and said they are not involved. Too far from home....
Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:21 AM (g47mK)

Oh, so they ARE involved! This could be serious.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 10:24 AM (IUuBi)

267 You can buy them at "CatholicGear.com" Lifetime warranty. Mine got into a knot and I broke it trying untie the knot. I mailed it back and they replaced the five decades. It still has the original crucifix and short strand. It's great. The chrome (I got the chrome-plated one) is worn off of the crucifix. Brass, I think, underneath.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 10:24 AM (qFwJc)

268 266 260 Israel made an official statement and said they are not involved. Too far from home....
Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:21 AM (g47mK)

Oh, so they ARE involved! This could be serious.

We won't know for sure until we see sharks with Joo lasers on their heads.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)

269 Israel's official statement:

Wink wink nudge nudge saynomore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:26 AM (RIvkX)

270 Israel made an official statement and said they are not involved. Too far from home....
Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:21 AM (g47mK)

Ummm...You think the mad mulluh is gonna take that face value?

Posted by: Just some random passer by at January 31, 2026 10:26 AM (qMgJx)

271 Well, it's rosary time and then other tasks. BBL

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 10:27 AM (qFwJc)

272 Couldn't mtal beads clink around I wonder

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 10:27 AM (Ia/+0)

273 @165 A.H. , I agree but the brainless leftist sheep are still yelling brainlessly. Not that it's having any impact, but they aren't listening.
We had that idiot rally yesterday and it was a large turnout here. However a good sign is the #of people who were fighting back in my local rags comment section was much larger than I have seen before.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 10:27 AM (IDEQi)

274 MTG defended Don Lemon and his actions.

As if you couldn't hate her more already.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 10:28 AM (cwGMH)

275 Oh, so they ARE involved! This could be serious.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 10:24 AM (IUuBi)

Tom.... THEY.ARE.NOT.INVOLVED. THEY SAID SO. Where is the evidence ??? HUH, do the MULLAHS have evidence??
no, the mullahs have no evidence. was not them....

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:28 AM (g47mK)

276 MTG is in the performance art stage of her career.
Best to ignore whatever she says.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:29 AM (qpQFJ)

277 Ummm...You think the mad mulluh is gonna take that face value?
Posted by: Just some random passer by at January 31, 2026 10:26 AM (qMgJx)

they better

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:29 AM (g47mK)

278

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@WHLeavi
🚨🇮🇷Iran Breaking: Massive US-Israeli-UK buildup: 550+ aircraft, carrier group, huge fuel capacity for deep strikes. Largest non-war deployment ever seen.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 31, 2026 10:29 AM (t/2Uw)

279 @274 saw a clip of Bill Maher's rant about celebrities. The guests were MTG and Joe Scarborough. To turncoat scumbags

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 10:30 AM (IDEQi)

280 Pete Buttpirate is on Fox with Kaleigh McEnany

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 10:31 AM (IDEQi)

281 Yesterday, he bought a scroll saw for the shop. Because..
A) it was there and only cost $25.
B) he wanted one.
C) he's going to build a rocking horse for Fella. It will actually be a giraffe. A rocking giraffe.

I see no flaw in this logic.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 10:31 AM (Fs0KI)

282 MTG is in the performance art stage of her career.
Best to ignore whatever she says.
Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:29 AM (qpQFJ)

She is the enemy now so hard to ignore unless one believes that's the best strategy to defeat the Left.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 10:31 AM (cwGMH)

283 You gotta hand it to mtg. From a nobody, to a back bencher to celebrity in only a few years. She grifted beautifully.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:31 AM (qpQFJ)

284 I am not Catholic. Hubbymayhem left the Catholic church decades ago. We have four rosaries. One that my grandma got from her aunt and I wound up with it somehow. The other three are from Hubbymayhem. One was his, one belonged to his dad, and one given to him by his ex father in law. They hang in the dining room window. That window offers a lovely view of the field and wooded area behind the house and doesn't have curtains. The rosaries enhance the view.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 31, 2026 10:31 AM (2J/Lj)

285 OMG! IT'S THE APOCALYPSE!

Federal Government Enters Partial Shutdown Again as Democrats Revolt over DHS Funding

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:32 AM (J+Psw)

286 Fkn Marxists circle the wagons every time

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 10:32 AM (Ia/+0)

287 gold and silver dropped like.. a lot

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:32 AM (g47mK)

288 There are no explosions! It was a water leak, which has now spread to other cities!

Posted by: Mohammed al-Raffensperger at January 31, 2026 10:33 AM (0e5Te)

289 285 OMG! IT'S THE APOCALYPSE!

Federal Government Enters Partial Shutdown Again as Democrats Revolt over DHS Funding
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:32 AM (J+Psw)

Normally I would be setting my hair on fire over this. But the snow storm last week killed me so I’m no longer worried.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:34 AM (qpQFJ)

290 214 Lamont the Big Dummy from Sanford and Sons has died. Demond Wilson was 79 and a Vietnam combat vet with a Purple Heart.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert

RIP. There's a video out there with him telling stories; he didn't have much use for Redd Fox.

Posted by: Auspex at January 31, 2026 10:34 AM (Y8DZL)

291 Even the government must get shut down in the name of Illegals.
They want to die on that hill or live to rule the country with Illegals and fraud voting

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 10:34 AM (Ia/+0)

292 If the Islamic terrorists, Chinese communists and Narco cartels could do only one thing to help their cause it would be to not fund DHS.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 10:34 AM (cwGMH)

293 of course gold and silver did, those are just useless commodities that sit in bank vaults and do nothing but bring assurance to assorted dictators across the globe

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:34 AM (g47mK)

294 Saw the mom from Home Alone died but no date I know of

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 10:35 AM (Ia/+0)

295 RIP. There's a video out there with him telling stories; he didn't have much use for Redd Fox.

Um, except for his whole career.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 10:35 AM (Fs0KI)

296 My pet eagles lost their first clutch of 2026...kinda sad, but there is still time for a second clutch.

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:36 AM (g47mK)

297 Um, except for his whole career.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 10:35 AM (Fs0KI)

Heh

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 10:36 AM (cwGMH)

298 Batch of sourdough bread in process and rack of ribs getting ready for the smoker/grill. Cole slaw and baked beans.

Be here by 6 pm. Bring a dessert.

Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 10:36 AM (qgHp7)

299 Be here by 6 pm. Bring a dessert.
Posted by: muldoon at January 31, 2026 10:36 AM (qgHp7)

Pistachio ice cream OK?

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:37 AM (g47mK)

300
Even the government must get shut down in the name of Illegals.

_____________

Are these illegals that everyone is getting worked up about ICE going after just roofers and cleaning ladies or do they have actual criminal records apart from their immigration status?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 10:38 AM (tgvbd)

301 It's utopia!

Virginia Dems Want to Tax Gym Memberships, Amazon Orders, Leaf Blowers and More

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:38 AM (J+Psw)

302 The Budweiser Super Bowl ad is awesome. I thought they didn't release their ads before the game. Either I was misinformed or.... Even Budweiser knows no one is going to watch that game.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 31, 2026 10:38 AM (2J/Lj)

303 Tom.... THEY.ARE.NOT.INVOLVED. THEY SAID SO. Where is the evidence ??? HUH, do the MULLAHS have evidence??
no, the mullahs have no evidence. was not them....

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:28 AM (g47mK)

Come now, don’t you remember the iron rule of confirmation? Never believe ANY story until it’s been officially denied!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 10:39 AM (IUuBi)

304 I thought Scott Adams' deathbed conversion was very moving and telling in its imperfection.

It reminds me of one of my own favorite prayers, which goes something like:

“Lord, I believe. Help me in my unbelief.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2026 10:39 AM (EXyHK)

305
Virginia Dems Want to Tax Gym Memberships, Amazon Orders, Leaf Blowers and More

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

___________

All money belongs to the government. They will let you know how much you're allowed to keep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 10:40 AM (tgvbd)

306 301 It's utopia!

Virginia Dems Want to Tax Gym Memberships, Amazon Orders, Leaf Blowers and More

They want to ban gas-powered leaf blowers, and then tax electric leaf blowers. No, I'm not kidding.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)

307 Heh. The Myrtle Beach polar bear swim has been cancelled due to .....cold weather

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 10:40 AM (IDEQi)

308 Once again my horrid nemesis, snow, has appeared on my doorstep, in feigned fluffy innocence, threatening eternal glaciers.

BACK! BACK! FOUL DANDER! I REBUKE YOU! IN THE NAME OF COCA-COLA AND ALL THE FOWL POWERS, THE BIG CHICKEN, THE DIRTY BIRD, CHICK-FIL-A, I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE THIS PLACE AND NEVER RETURN!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 31, 2026 10:41 AM (3uBP9)

309 And today was a record for our cat. He did not even go out the door for thirty seconds. We opened the door. He hesitated in the open door for about five seconds and came right back in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 10:41 AM (WFtAr)

310 Virginia Dems Want to Tax Gym Memberships, Amazon Orders, Leaf Blowers and More

It's all in the name of "affordability". You know, what they ran on.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 10:41 AM (Riz8t)

311 Still no snow but it's expected in the next hour. The last forecasts I read last night were off by at least 6-7 hours. Gotta love the unpredictable weather.

Posted by: Farquad at January 31, 2026 10:41 AM (CFMhl)

312 Virginia Dems Want to Tax Gym Memberships, Amazon Orders, Leaf Blowers and More
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:38 AM (J+Psw)

Good.
And.
Hard.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:42 AM (qpQFJ)

313 The Myrtle Beach polar bear swim has been cancelled due to .....cold weather

===

*Shakes head...

Posted by: Door County Bear Swim Club at January 31, 2026 10:42 AM (g47mK)

314 Who coulda seen it coming?

“Wonder Man” Turns a Fun Marvel Hero Into Gloomy DEI Sludge

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:42 AM (J+Psw)

315 It reminds me of one of my own favorite prayers, which goes something like:

“Lord, I believe. Help me in my unbelief.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

My most often uttered prayer is.... Lord, please either help me to not kill this idiot or help me stay out of prison and Hell for killing this idiot.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 31, 2026 10:42 AM (2J/Lj)

316 2" of snowfall in upstate SC so far.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 10:43 AM (AQToA)

317 and rack of ribs getting ready for the smoker/grill. Cole slaw and baked beans.

Be here by 6 pm. Bring a dessert.
Posted by: muldoon

. . .
On my way.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)

318 lets settle this once and for all

KALAMAZOO COFFEE COMPANY Maple Bacon Whole Bean Coffee - There Ain't No Mistakin' Maple Bacon Flavored Coffee | 12oz Bag (1 Pack)

there is heaven

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 10:45 AM (jrgJz)

319 Is this something?

Saw a headline from an ABC news affiliate: 600 Illegal Immigrants arrested in West Virginia.

The term illegal was used instead of the bullshit undocumented. Stood out to me. Maybe it’s nothing. But maybe it’s a shift.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:45 AM (qpQFJ)

320 Saw the mom from Home Alone died but no date I know of
Posted by: Skip

Yesterday.

Posted by: Tuna at January 31, 2026 10:46 AM (lJ0H4)

321 314 Who coulda seen it coming?

“Wonder Man” Turns a Fun Marvel Hero Into Gloomy DEI Sludge

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:42 AM (J+Psw)

Could tell from the trailer it would be bad but it's worse than I thought. Wonderman was a cool character back in the day, too

Posted by: Farquad at January 31, 2026 10:46 AM (CFMhl)

322 *Virginia Dems Want to Tax Gym Memberships, Amazon Orders, Leaf Blowers and More*

Amateurs.

Posted by: The People's Republic of Maryland at January 31, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)

323 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

May God shower blessings on all his beloved children today.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 31, 2026 10:48 AM (kB9dk)

324 318 lets settle this once and for all

KALAMAZOO COFFEE COMPANY Maple Bacon Whole Bean Coffee - There Ain't No Mistakin' Maple Bacon Flavored Coffee | 12oz Bag (1 Pack)

there is heaven

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 10:45 AM (jrgJz)

Haha, I knew something like this would pop up given the top image. Good find.

Posted by: Farquad at January 31, 2026 10:48 AM (CFMhl)

325 Surely this move by VA Dems will lead to a red tsunami in the state in November. Right? Lol.

Of course not. They’ll vote Democrat once again probably by even larger numbers . So fuck ‘em all. Enjoy your new taxes assholes.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:49 AM (qpQFJ)

326 Runner at 296, I'm sad about those eagles too. yes, hoping for another clutch.

Posted by: skywch at January 31, 2026 10:49 AM (uqhmb)

327 We're in good hands.

Twenty GOP Lawmakers Vote Against Cutting $5B in Refugee Welfare From Funding Package

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:49 AM (J+Psw)

328 "Votes."
That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at January 31, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

329 Twenty GOP Lawmakers Vote Against Cutting $5B in Refugee Welfare From Funding Package
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:49 AM (J+Psw)

Thank Allah.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:50 AM (qpQFJ)

330 I'm sad about those eagles too. yes, hoping for another clutch.
Posted by: skywch at January 31, 2026 10:49 AM (uqhmb)

they've done it before ! also, apparently the eggs were already damaged? before the crows got to them. that is what some are saying...

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 10:53 AM (g47mK)

331 The Budweiser Super Bowl ad is awesome. I thought they didn't release their ads before the game. Either I was misinformed or.... Even Budweiser knows no one is going to watch that game.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Just watched it. It is indeed awesome.

Posted by: Tuna at January 31, 2026 10:53 AM (lJ0H4)

332 Soup and Bread Bowl Ads have been released pre game for a while now.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:54 AM (qpQFJ)

333 A big part of Virginia going for Spangenberg was the Fed government workers being fired or being pissed at Trump. They are taking out their anger on the rest of the state. Eff them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 10:54 AM (IDEQi)

334 Twenty GOP Lawmakers Vote Against Cutting $5B in Refugee Welfare From Funding Package
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:49 AM (J+Psw)

“Twenty GOP lawmakers admit that they and their relatives are receiving direct payments from the Refugee Funding program.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 10:54 AM (IUuBi)

335 The Budweiser Super Bowl ad is awesome. I thought they didn't release their ads before the game. Either I was misinformed or.... Even Budweiser knows no one is going to watch that game.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 31, 2026 10:38 AM (2J/Lj)

Am I the only one here who thinks that ad is just cynical manipulation to try to erase the memory of the Dylan Mulvaney transvesty?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 10:55 AM (8zz6B)

336 A big part of Virginia going for Spangenberg was the Fed government workers being fired or being pissed at Trump. They are taking out their anger on the rest of the state. Eff them
Posted by: Smell

Those people always vote Democrat. The shift was from somewhere else.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 10:55 AM (qpQFJ)

337 The true cause of Pearl Harbor.

China Claims Pokémon Spreads “Japanese Militarism” Following Shrine Event

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:55 AM (J+Psw)

338 Surely this move by VA Dems will lead to a red tsunami in the state in November. Right? Lol.

Of course not. They’ll vote Democrat once again probably by even larger numbers . So fuck ‘em all. Enjoy your new taxes assholes.
Posted by: Really??

Yep. Can't fix stupid.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 10:55 AM (AQToA)

339 @330, yes I saw that too about there already being a crack. And just saw something that said the female has already cleaned out the nest, maybe in preparation for more.

Posted by: skywch at January 31, 2026 10:58 AM (uqhmb)

340 Both mine were out for awhile. Mr Trouble went out again at 6. When I called him at 8:30, he ran full speed to the door. Moves pretty fast for a fat cat. Has not been out today.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 10:58 AM (+mUZM)

341 Hampton Roads area has gotten very progressive over the years. A lot of military, but lots of federal workers, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 10:58 AM (AQToA)

342 We aspire to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at January 31, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

343 @339 yes!

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 11:00 AM (g47mK)

344 Didn’t anyone learn lessons from the whole ultra woke era of ads?

Companies give no fucks either way. They go with what they perceive as being the “in thing”. For a while it was trannies and obese black women in ads. Now the vibe has shifted somewhat back to normalcy and patriotism. So Bud and everyone else is jumping on the bandwagon with ‘Murica ads. It’s a business move. Bud gives no fucks about you or America or anything other than the dollar.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 11:00 AM (qpQFJ)

345 Am I the only one here who thinks that ad is just cynical manipulation to try to erase the memory of the Dylan Mulvaney transvesty?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 10:55 AM (8zz6B)

If I was artistic director, I would have made an ad with Dylan Mulvaney prancing down a country road, and suddenly the Clydesdale’s come around the corner and run him down. Then the wagon stops, the horses back up, and they stomp on his body for about a minute. Then they all piss on what’s left, and sail off to heroic music playing.

I wonder if I could tell grok to make that video.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 11:01 AM (IUuBi)

346 Bananas and rice! And coffee and bacon!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 11:02 AM (oT7pT)

347 Am I the only one here who thinks that ad is just cynical manipulation to try to erase the memory of the Dylan Mulvaney transvesty?

You are not. However, those responsible for the original fiasco have not been sacked, so f*** them.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)

348 334 Twenty GOP Lawmakers Vote Against Cutting $5B in Refugee Welfare From Funding Package
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:49 AM (J+Psw)

“Twenty GOP lawmakers admit that they and their relatives are receiving direct payments from the Refugee Funding program.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January

We have no responsibility to save the rest of the world. No matter what that watermelon headed dork Cornyn says.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 31, 2026 11:03 AM (4b7CV)

349 We have no responsibility to save the rest of the world. No matter what that watermelon headed dork Cornyn says.

I think Cornyn knows he's going down this time, so YOLO.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

350 There are far more civilian workers here that actual military.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 11:04 AM (TW/3a)

351 It's not your fault.

Abby Phillip describes how her job at CNN is to explain "the facts" to conservatives who live in "a completely different information world."
"Because when you don't ever even hear the facts, it's hard to even know that you're wrong.""Half my job sometimes is knowing what the latest conspiracy is."
This was said to the nodding approval of the always-factual and not-at-all conspiratorial...Joy Reid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 11:04 AM (J+Psw)

352 Problem is every time a shithead like Cornyn goes away a new one rises to the top to become the new Maverick.

I saw the Ohio senator who replaced Vance is super excited about working with Dems on “DHS reform”.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 11:09 AM (qpQFJ)

353 Nood.

Posted by: Nooding Noodler at January 31, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)

354 I posted this prayer once before. Don't know where I came across it, but it seems to apply to the Horde--one commenter said it should be called The Horde's Prayer:

Lord, grant me patience.
Because if you give me strength,
I'm going to need a lot of bail money.

Posted by: Wenda at January 31, 2026 11:09 AM (r2BmP)

355 Was stationed in Hampton 81-2, looked at Google maps every once in awhile and don't recognize the area or base anymore

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:09 AM (Ia/+0)

356 I lived in NoVA back in the late '80s and early '90s. It was progressively intolerant back then. Mostly through entities like HOA's and municipalities (the city of Alexandria's government, for example.) Petty tyrants on the board or some some commission that felt the need to make everyone's life miserable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (jtM2q)

357 Oh no AOC is bitching at Nicki Minaj about her support for Trump. Cool

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (IDEQi)

358 NOOD

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (g47mK)

359 >>Am I the only one here who thinks that ad is just cynical manipulation to try to erase the memory of the Dylan Mulvaney transvesty?

Nope. Screw InBev

Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (Y1sOo)

360 Be here by 6 pm. Bring a dessert.
Posted by: muldoon
----
I've been know to make an okay chocolate chip cookie.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 31, 2026 11:12 AM (VCgbV)

361 The Budweiser Super Bowl ad is awesome.
------
Just watched it. It is indeed awesome.

I resent the insanely heavy handed emotional manipulation but I have to admit that it's effective. Their beer still sucks though.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 11:12 AM (Fs0KI)

362 The Hill: The US is headed for mass unemployment, and no one is prepared. by John Mac Ghlionn

For years, I opposed Universal Basic Income, firmly and reflexively. I treated it as a liberal fantasy...That position no longer survives contact with reality.

This will do it. A huge part of why the USA hasn't erupted into massive protests already is that so many people will literally start starving if they miss any significant amount of work. If a wave of mass unemployment hits, the retaliation for all the suffering this administration has caused will be apocalyptic.

Can we not do a third once in century economic disaster now? I'm only 20 years into my career, and really don't want to go through it a third time.

It's a great paradox of Late Stage Capitalism that those at the very top won't have anyone left to exploit. The parasite eventually kills it's host, then dies itself

Lost my job last April right after they cut DEI and started hounding immigrants. I’m Puerto Rican, a legal citizen, but putting hispanic on my applications makes me unhireable.
Plus living in a blue state but a heavy red area and no money to move.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 31, 2026 11:13 AM (ycI94)

363 >>>Their beer still sucks though.

Posted by: Oddbob

>I'm not a fan of rice beer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 11:16 AM (oT7pT)

364 I think Cornyn knows he's going down this time, so YOLO.

The last poll I saw (several weeks ago) had him 3rd so he probably can't even vote-split his way into a runoff.

* cue McD's jingle *

Ta-da-da-ta-tah! I'm lovin' it.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2026 11:23 AM (Fs0KI)

365 Wheaton, MD there was Little Tavern

IIRC in a little hut attached to a telephone pole right at the sidewalk side of the parking lot.

Posted by: DaveA at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM (FhXTo)

366 I laugh at the proposed Virginia surtaxes on high incomes. A lot of people making that sort of money are in businesses selling goods/services to BIG GOVERNMENT!

Posted by: Fenderbender at January 31, 2026 01:12 PM (x8own)

Daily Tech News 31 January 2026

Top Story

One third of video game workers have been laid off in the past two years. (Variety)

I'm a little surprised it's not higher, but the article points out that layoffs have hit major - so called "AAA" - Triple A - studios twice as hard as indies, so it is higher for the companies I'd focus on with news stories.
The survey also found that 82% of US-based respondents support the unionization of game industry workers, with 5% opposed and 13% unsure.
And I was just about to feel some sympathy for these people.
Ubisoft has cancelled six games and closed three of its studios in the wake of disastrous sales of its recent major titles. (BBC)

The studios on the chopping block include Ubisoft Halifax, which unionised earlier this month. (Games Industry)

That went about as well as could be expected.

Tech News

The latest high-budget disaster is called Highguard. (Destructoid)

Produced by Wildlight Entertainment, which is a private company so we don't have details of the financials, but they've had over a hundred experienced developers working on this game for four years in California. So somewhere north of $100 million.

It's free-to-play. It reached nearly 100,000 players on its first day... Then lost 90% of them on its second day.

Not because it is particularly buggy. Players have shown problems with being disconnected from the servers, but for the most part it seems technically competent. The problem is that it is completely uninspired.

It got the top billing during the recent Game Awards (which had more viewers than the Super Bowl), with shameless promotion from the presenter. Everyone watching saw it as derivative slop and predicted it would fail, hard, and it was, and has.
Highguard was in for a bloodbath, and I cannot believe that the devs didn't know that. With so much experience at AAA powerhouses like EA, I genuinely think they fully understood the implications of that TGA shenanigan, and cannot fathom why they never reacted.
Toxic positivity.
Anna's Archive - a massive and not entirely licit online library - has been hit with a $13 trillion lawsuit by Spotify, Universal, Warner, and Sony Music. (MSN)

"Hey, you can't steal the work of countless artists and not pay them a dime! That's our job!"
Tesla throws in the towel on car sales. (The Verge) (archive site)

Of course, this is not true, but The Verge has abandoned any pretense at being a news site.
The $100 billion deal between Nvidia and OpenAI seems to have encountered choppy waters. (WSJ) (archive site)

The plan, unveiled in September, was for Nvidia to invest $100 billion in OpenAI so that OpenAI could purchase $100 billion of Nvidia hardware.

Now... Not so much.
Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang has privately emphasized to industry associates in recent months that the original $100 billion agreement was nonbinding and not finalized, people familiar with the matter said. He has also privately criticized what he has described as a lack of discipline in OpenAI's business approach and expressed concern about the competition it faces from the likes of Google and Anthropic, some of the people said.
OpenAI has name recognition - it's the company behind ChatGPT - but its CEO is a snake oil salesman.
Researchers have discovered 175,000 publicly exposed Ollama servers worldwide. (Tech Radar)

Ollama is an AI tool that you run on your own hardware, but can also talk to services like ChatGPT and Claude.

Around half of those servers are configured not just to answer questions but to execute code... For anyone in the entire world.
AMD's Zen 6 CPU chiplet is slightly smaller than Zen 2. (WCCFTech)

It has twelve cores and 48MB of L3 cache vs. 8 cores and 32MB of cache for Zen 2 (and 3, 4, and 5), but the move to the latest 2nm process means that it's about the same size as it always has been. Zen 2 on 7nm was 77mm2, and Zen 6 is 76mm2.

If the promises for TSMC's N2P process node are borne out, this should be a major upgrade - not just 50% more cores, but cores running 30% faster at the same power requirements.
Nvidia has gone all-in on the video cards you don't want. (VideoCards)

Reportedly - Nvidia hasn't announced this officially but it matches my own and everyone else's market observations - 75% of GPU supply from Nvidia will go to three models: The 5060, the 5060 Ti 8GB model, and the 5070.

The high-end models and the 16GB 5060 Ti will have limited availability going forward, with the entry level 5050 not even rating a mention. And the 5090 already isn't available anywhere for less than 50% over MSRP.

I bought an AMD 9060 XT 16GB fearing shortages and price increases, which haven't happened to that model, though the 9070 which was briefly available below MSRP no longer is.

Musical Interlude

I looked up Van Morrison just now fearing I'd missed an obituary at some point, and not only is he still around, he was recording anti-lockdown songs with Eric Clapton during the WuFlu.

Here's to you, Mr. Morrison.

Disclaimer: Don't make my brown-eyed girl blue.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 31, 2026 04:02 AM (bQ4nt)

2 w00t and way to go, olddog in mo

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 04:03 AM (SSiCQ)

3 *takes bow*

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 31, 2026 04:06 AM (bQ4nt)

4 Not feeling sympathetic towards the gaming industry at all these days. Very little in the way of anything new and worth playing.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 31, 2026 04:10 AM (/HDaX)

5 The indie games field is thriving. The big studios on the other hand are dead and starting to smell funny.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 31, 2026 04:14 AM (BLOW1)

6 Any outfit what votes-in a union, deserves whatever they get-- especially if the business closes.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

7 Mornin'

The survey also found that 82% of US-based respondents support the unionization of game industry workers, with 5% opposed and 13% unsure.

Great. Won't stop the layoffs, but great!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 31, 2026 04:24 AM (Iz+f5)

8 My grandfather ran a sawmill. During the Depression, he kept it going and kept his small community going. And then his employees decided to unionize. Grandfather told them he couldn't pay any more than he was already, and that if they voted *for* it, he would have to close the mill.

They voted *for* it. He closed and sold his mill. And then they were ALL unemployed.

Good job, dudes! Told ya....

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 04:32 AM (rdVOm)

9 ate

Posted by: OkJohn at January 31, 2026 04:33 AM (NC/it)

10 nien

Posted by: OkJohn at January 31, 2026 04:34 AM (NC/it)

11 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

12 OOfd

Gmornin all y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at January 31, 2026 04:34 AM (NC/it)

13 Phone saying its 2 degrees

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)

14 12* here. Dry tho.

Posted by: OkJohn at January 31, 2026 04:37 AM (NC/it)

15 Pixy, the bots are talking about all us non-bots.

https://xcancel.com/moltbook

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 04:43 AM (SSiCQ)

16 Bots. Talking about non-bots.

Digital masturbation.

UGH!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 04:48 AM (rdVOm)

17 Good to see you on the tech thread, JQ!

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 05:01 AM (SSiCQ)

18 Just like 1982, the interactive game business is fine. A significant portion of it needs to re-evaluate its business model and production methodology. Nintendo figured out how to make the console business functional and profitable while welcoming third party development.

That is ending now as changes to semiconductor economics have broken a critical part of the console business. There may be a period where no new consoles are launched. There may never be any new consoles in the traditional sense of a closed platform requiring its own code base. The game business will continue without pause for much of it.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 31, 2026 05:02 AM (/0z9K)

19 AI thinks Jake Tapper spreads state propaganda

https://tinyurl.com/bdz94mvv

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 05:24 AM (w2BpZ)

20 I had to fall asleep again, no way a hour flew by

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 05:30 AM (Ia/+0)

21 Focused on God. Christian Devotional on Isaiah 26:1-5. Devotional is followed by a prayer and some insights :

https://tinyurl.com/48t9tjx6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 05:48 AM (j3j1r)

22 Lovely story about a caring dad helping his daughter out in icy conditions. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/yck8kdhm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 05:50 AM (j3j1r)

23 Baby's sweet reaction to his new prosthetic arm. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/bddemtc6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 05:57 AM (j3j1r)

24 Evening and morning, Saturday toilers and early early risers!

"Ollama" --? That sounds awfully like a certain viciously anti-American and jugeared public figure's name. Disturbing.

I glanced back over Ace's posts from last evening. People are actually paying over $2000 a *month* for rent in LA and other places??? Gee, they must be doing awfully well. I was taught as a young Aurelius that you should pay no more than 25% of your *take-home* pay for shelter. Of course, nowadays real-estate agents all tell you the rule of thumb is 33% or even more of your *gross* pay. Insane.

Anyway, I'm up, about to feed the furry thugs and then myself. What's up witchoo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

25 Good morning, JQ! And the same to Fenelon, Huck, Skip, m, and all of you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

26 >>>It got the top billing during the recent Game Awards (which had more viewers than the Super Bowl)

That would be "a Super Bowl without Tom Brady."

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 06:03 AM (SSiCQ)

27 Thought the ice story was nice but baby Liea looks happy with her new arm. Amazing they could do that

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:03 AM (Ia/+0)

28 These were the responses to my prayer yesterday. "God, please show me something good of yourself today."

I was behind a car yesterday which said, "Driving with Jesus." I didn't know what that meant other than maybe one is trusting him with your safety, but I found reference on the web to Ignatian spirituality and here it is:

https://tinyurl.com/ezauer5r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 06:03 AM (Cjc4c)

29 Also, after that I had a lovely visit with our retired organist, Jessie, and her daughter and we all had communion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 06:05 AM (Cjc4c)

30 "Hey, you can't still the work of countless artists and not pay them a dime! That's our job!"

still --> steal

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 06:08 AM (SSiCQ)

31 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Don't step on my red suede shoes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 31, 2026 06:10 AM (OvMCw)

32 Movies! is showing one of the shorts with Laurel and Hardy. I'm afraid I don't quite get the fervor over them. Their comic timing is great, yes. But I think L & H must be one of those things you have to grow up with and enjoy as a kid, like the Three Stooges, to get it as an adult.

On the other hand, I liked the Stooges as a child, but can't get into them now on the MeTV reruns except to marvel at the neat 1930s-'40s-'50s clothes and then-current cars.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

33 >>>I looked up [celebrity] just now fearing I'd missed an obituary

I do this a lot. Probably to an unhealthy degree of "a lot."

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 06:11 AM (SSiCQ)

34 Fen I saw a sticker on a car a few months ago like that

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)

35 I posted this when I was up at 1:00 this morning, but for those that weren't or didn't see it here it is again. Teen survives and calls 911 after being attacked by alligator in Florida:

https://tinyurl.com/2s494y28

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 06:12 AM (AphQx)

36 Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)

I've seen another one before, so I guess they are out there. Probably not the same person, though.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 06:14 AM (AphQx)

37 19 AI thinks Jake Tapper spreads state propaganda

https://tinyurl.com/bdz94mvv
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 05:24 AM (w2BpZ)

; )

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 06:18 AM (SSiCQ)

38 Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)

That's remarkably wonderful.

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 06:26 AM (SSiCQ)

39
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 31, 2026 06:27 AM (tljrc)

40 >>>OpenAI ... its CEO is a snake oil salesman

Hmm. Who would that be? *taps forefinger on chin*

SAM ALTMAN

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 06:29 AM (SSiCQ)

41 So January is almost over, and 2026 is 1/12 done. As the guy said when he jumped off the thirty-story building and said at floor fifteen, "So far, so good --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

42 I didn't know "Moondance" was that old. I thought it was from the early to mid-'70s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)

43 So few movie theaters around now. Even the multiplex's are mostly gone. Our town has a multiplex/with only half of the theaters closed, down to 4. Imax is operating, but they need a new way of bringing the people. One theater serves food, don't know if its still open. Cheese burger and a movie?

Posted by: colin at January 31, 2026 06:31 AM (e8qy3)

44
Born:
Samuel Harris Altman
April 22, 1985 (age 40)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 06:32 AM (SSiCQ)

45 If the promises for TSMC's N2P process node are borne out, this should be a major upgrade - not just 50% more cores, but cores running 30% faster at the same power requirements.

I've been tempted to just go ahead and get a Ryzen AI Max 395+ blinged out, but memory prices are the wet blanket.

Now I can save my ~~pennies~~ nickels and wait for the Zen 6 then the refresh (so they can work the issues out on early adopters).

By that time, Windows 11 will be mature in its enshitification and Linux will have sufficient tooling where I can make the jump with the least amount of hassle.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 31, 2026 06:36 AM (a4flb)

46 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

47 m

Doesn't every 'ron take the name of an actress mentioned here, take safe search off, and look for revealing pictures?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

48 Good morning morons

Lou Reed and Van Morrison are the same person.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

49 Maybe I need a med alert bracelet that says "Delete my browser history".

But my google files are forever.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

50 YouTube has nuked background play on mobile devices for non paying customers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 31, 2026 06:49 AM (Y0DaS)

51 FenelonSpoke

Glad Jessie is still around. She has been through so much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

52 A breezy 34 F. right now, wind chill of 24. We're supposed to drop to 22 by Sunday morning. Time to run a water tap overnight.

The infotainment center of my Buick was refusing to recognize the flash drive in the console ("No Media Found"). A couple of soft reset methods I dug up on the 'Net were no good. So yesterday morning I disconnected the negative cable of the battery, waited about five minutes, then reconnected. Success, and I only had to reset the time and date. I'm glad I did it yesterday in 60-degree weather.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 06:50 AM (wzUl9)

53 G'morning, all!

32.4 degrees out, with a pending death-storm sometime today.

Anyhow.....went to the premier showing of the movie, Melania yesterday at 1:00 in the afternoon.

Sold out showing, and remarkably enjoyable.
It shows a side of her that is not often seen, and was an enjoyable almost two hours of worthwhile movie watching.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2026 06:50 AM (iMotb)

54 Actor David Suchet reads Psalm 4 which my Bible refers to as a plea for answers and the notes in the Bible refers to being confident that God always hears our prayers. One note says, "When you feel that your prayers are bouncing off the walls, remember that you have been set apart by God and that he loves you. He hears and answers you, although his prayers may not be what you expect . Look at your problems in the ight of God's power instead of looking at God in the shadow of your problems." That is sometimes very hard to do, but I think it's good advice.":

https://tinyurl.com/2p8xyt6u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 06:52 AM (KxQqp)

55 For me, YouTube is unwatchable unless you pay to remove commercials. It feels like extortion to pay them. So they wall off the cultural treasures of the past.

I would think being an artist today is fraught. Lots of disincentives from copyright holders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

56 re: Ubislop

There could the basis for a hilarious black comedy about the current state of this company.

The remaining teams have been split into separate 'houses' and each is focused on a specific genre of game. Which makes sense if Ubislop is positioning itself to sell off future assets.

Now imagine a story centering around the heads of these houses trying all means fair or foul to avoid the chopping block.

I need some popcorn.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2026 06:55 AM (2GVsD)

57 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness, Salty. She lives in what was her daughter's house , and her daughter had fixed up a lovely sunroom for her, so they holidays were very hard with her being gone. Hard for you too with your dear wife being gone too..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 06:56 AM (KxQqp)

58 illage Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

A balmy -1 ℉ from -6 ℉ earlier.

I am going to try and get a group together to see Melania. Thanks for the recommendation. Been years since I went to a theater.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

59 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 31, 2026 06:58 AM (2Ez/1)

60 Thanks, Pixy, and everybody here for your patience with my thoroughly non tech related comments. God bless you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 06:58 AM (KxQqp)

61 FenelonSpoke

Thank you for understanding. I never expected this level of grief. The great people here are of immeasurable help.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

62 mornin yall. We have a Weather Watch here. That means there will be weather, to watch. I can't decide whether to watch the Weather Watch or just weather the Weather Watch weather.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

63 Actually, no. Lou Reed is nowhere near as talented. And I saw Van on that tour at Fillmore West. Always been a favorite album.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 31, 2026 07:01 AM (+mUZM)

64 A Mayor
A spouse
A non-profit
Questionable use of taxpayer monies

This could use a venn diagram.

https://tinyurl.com/akat63we

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2026 07:01 AM (iMotb)

65 45 Windows 11 ... enshitification
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 31, 2026 06:36 AM (a4flb)

Pretty sure that would need two t's. I am reluctant to google it.

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:01 AM (SSiCQ)

66 I'm not even sure Melania is playing anywhere here. Have to look.

She's such a charming, poised, and attractive First Lady!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

67 65 45 Windows 11 ... enshitification
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 31, 2026 06:36 AM (a4flb)

Pretty sure that would need two t's. I am reluctant to google it.
Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:01 AM (SSiCQ)

... two t's before -ification.

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:03 AM (SSiCQ)

68 Salty, it may not be in the theater for long, so go as soon as you can.

I bought tickets online about mid-morning yesterday, and the seating selection was still quite good.
Arrived at the theater about 4 hours later, and it was sold out. That surprised me, Specially for a 1:00 showing on a work day. But the crowd was all around your and my age, so I doubt if they had to take off from work to see it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2026 07:05 AM (iMotb)

69 I wrote a new song. I call it "Springsteen Sucks". It goes like this:

Springsteen sucks
Springsteen sucks
Springsteen sucks
Springsteen sucks
(Repeat 100 times and fade out)

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

70 But Melania is too close to DJT and that makes her part of yhe TDS.
The most gorgeous First Lady and never gets a magazine cover

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:06 AM (Ia/+0)

71 Okay, Melania is playing at the AMC giant-plex near me. Maybe I can talk Miss Linda into going tomorrow afternoon. She's no anti-Trumper, and thinks Melania is a wonderful model for women, but it'll be a tough sell if the outside temps are in the 30s tomorrow.

On the other hand, yesterday she rode the bus and streetcar to the university where I used to work to hear a noontime guest speaker. A ride in a warm car and sitting in a warm theatre should not be a terrible hardship.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 07:07 AM (wzUl9)

72 Just want to say, everything I know about opera was learned from B.B

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:07 AM (Ia/+0)

73 "Just want to say, everything I know about opera was learned from B.B
Posted by: Skip"

Well, he was the King.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

74 A group of women I know are going this weekend to see Melania . I do have a concern that mean spirited leftists might try to loudly protest . I hope that's not the case.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 07:09 AM (KxQqp)

75
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are in Salem, VA, where it's 16 degrees. Better them than me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 07:10 AM (tgvbd)

76 Have a great day, everyone.

May you be cozy throughout the day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

77 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

I am sorry, Salty. How long had you been together?
I am glad the horde had been so supportive.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 07:13 AM (KxQqp)

78 I'd expect that the movie Melania will be banned in many cities. And some people will stand up and scream at the screen. That is to be expected. Along with car vandalize in the parking lots of a theater. Such is life in 2026 where the benevolent left doesn't tolerate anything they hate.

Posted by: colin at January 31, 2026 07:17 AM (e8qy3)

79 55 For me, YouTube is unwatchable unless you pay to remove commercials. It feels like extortion to pay them. So they wall off the cultural treasures of the past.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2026 06:54 AM

For me, I kind of insist upon paying for YouTube because that makes me the customer, not the product.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 31, 2026 07:19 AM (VmDLh)

80 And something I saw yesterday which made me laugh. Outside the bakery in town I passed through
was a big pile of snow, Someone had put in sign on on which said "Free snow."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 07:22 AM (B+8Pw)

81 Pretty sure that would need two t's. I am reluctant to google it.
Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:01 AM (SSiCQ)

... two t's before -ification.

Updating my spell-checker with two 't's

Thanks Horde

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 31, 2026 07:24 AM (a4flb)

82 Morning peeps. It's a rather bitterly cold 6 degrees here this morning. Might not get out of the teens today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 07:26 AM (jtM2q)

83 Just checked... Cory Doctorow coined the word - two 't's

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 31, 2026 07:27 AM (a4flb)

84 Can anybody tell me what is wrong with this headline:

"Fire hits 180-year-old Greenwich Village building once home to E.E. Cummings"

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

85 84 Can anybody tell me what is wrong with this headline:

"Fire hits 180-year-old Greenwich Village building once home to E.E. Cummings"
Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

"E.E." should be lowercased?

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:28 AM (SSiCQ)

86 Laowhy86 and Cmilk reporting the coup in China has wiped out the core competents in the Chinese military who being replaced by politicians, not people who rose up through the military ranks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

87 "Might not get out of the teens today."

Oh, those were the days.

Posted by: zombie Jeffery Epstein at January 31, 2026 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

88 87 "Might not get out of the teens today."

Oh, those were the days.
Posted by: zombie Jeffery Epstein at January 31, 2026 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

hahahahahaha
go to your room

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:29 AM (SSiCQ)

89 The old rule of thumb was 25% of your gross, not net income.

Old school lenders rejected loans if your total debt (including credit card, school loans, and car payments) to income ratio was projected to be over 40% of gross income. That is why is was never a good idea to buy a new car before buying a house. Buy the car AFTER the house.

Posted by: LA City Council at January 31, 2026 07:29 AM (qFwJc)

90 we have dipped to 31.6 degrees now.

Perfect time for the Doom-Storm to begin.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2026 07:30 AM (iMotb)

91 85 84 Can anybody tell me what is wrong with this headline:

"Fire hits 180-year-old Greenwich Village building once home to E.E. Cummings"
Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

"E.E." should be lowercased?
Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:28 AM (SSiCQ)

... and maybe "Cummings," also. I forget.

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:30 AM (SSiCQ)

92 e.e. Cummings wrote my favorite poem
Anyone lived in a pretty how town

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

93 Off corrupt LA grifters sock

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 07:31 AM (qFwJc)

94 89 The old rule of thumb was 25% of your gross, not net income.

Old school lenders rejected loans if your total debt (including credit card, school loans, and car payments) to income ratio was projected to be over 40% of gross income.
Posted by: LA City Council at January 31, 2026 07:29 AM (qFwJc)

math

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:32 AM (SSiCQ)

95 I looked up Van Morrison just now fearing I'd missed an obituary at some point, and not only is he still around, he was recording anti-lockdown songs with Eric Clapton during the WuFlu.

--

That's good to know. I like Van Morrison, and I love the song Moondance (even though I can't help but think of American Werewolf in London when I hear it).

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 31, 2026 07:32 AM (qBdHI)

96 "E.E." should be lowercased?
Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:28 AM (SSiCQ)

... and maybe "Cummings," also. I forget.
Posted by: m'

Correct! I rate you as a better journalist than any editor at the NY Post.

Posted by: zombie Jeffery Epstein at January 31, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

97 That is why is was never a good idea to buy a new car before buying a house. Buy the car AFTER the house.

I don't get it. What does buying a car before or after have anything to do with acquiring real-estate?

Or is it totally expected now that people finance automobiles?

Am I the only one who buys new vehicles in cash?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 31, 2026 07:32 AM (a4flb)

98 A Mayor
The highest priced Government Official's provided vehicle in the entire State.

Perhaps we could add this to my previously mentioned Venn Diagram.

https://tinyurl.com/mvju7x4j

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2026 07:32 AM (iMotb)

99 The old rule of thumb was 25% of your gross, not net income.
*
Old school lenders rejected loans if your total debt (including credit card, school loans, and car payments) to income ratio was projected to be over 40% of gross income. That is why is was never a good idea to buy a new car before buying a house. Buy the car AFTER the house.

Posted by: LA City Council at January 31, 2026

***
If you throw all the debt into the spotlight, then I guess forty is not too insane. Still, to use gross income as the drop-dead figure makes no sense. You never see all of that, thanks to taxes, and you can't spend it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

100 100

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:33 AM (SSiCQ)

101 Oh my. Off sock that did not kill itself.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

102 I went to see the Melania movie last night.
I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Excellent videography, well paced and edited.
You get to hear Melania herself narrate large portions. She tells a lot of her story. She is very polished and articulate. And of course elegant. What surprised me the most is the score. The music choices were excellent and she sings along with a Michael Jackson song and even dances a little to YMCA.
I don't know when or where it will be available again, but I strongly recommend it.
Lots of fashion stuff. Hope Piper gets to see it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 07:35 AM (2Ez/1)

103 Good morning Horde, thx Pixy.
It's gotten up to 0° here in the mid Hudson. Heatwave
Saw Van Morrison and Bob Dylan at the Theatre at MSG. Great show . Both weren't being weird or grumpy.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 07:35 AM (IDEQi)

104 With all due respect to you, this is why you are still a renter.

With a mortgage, you get enough interest payments to go over the standard deduction and itemize. That is the sweet-spot.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 07:35 AM (qFwJc)

105 96 "E.E." should be lowercased?
Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:28 AM (SSiCQ)

... and maybe "Cummings," also. I forget.
Posted by: m'

Correct! I rate you as a better journalist than any editor at the NY Post.
Posted by: zombie Jeffery Epstein at January 31, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

A publisher can elect to adopt idiosyncrasies or not.

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:36 AM (SSiCQ)

106 I loved deducting state taxes and charitable contributions and whatever else was legal.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 07:37 AM (qFwJc)

107 It is an incredible work of art and a glory of the English language. Highly recommended.

https://tinyurl.com/5cua282j

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

108 "The music choices were excellent and she sings along with a Michael Jackson song and even dances a little to YMCA."

Those stuck with me as well, as they seemed to be genuinely off the cuff and unscripted.

Lots of little glimpses that showed her in a very human light.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 31, 2026 07:38 AM (iMotb)

109 "The highest priced Government Official's provided vehicle in the entire State."

$160k for a Jeep? He couldn't get a Maserati?

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

110 Can't say I want to but should go venture outside

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:40 AM (Ia/+0)

111 "A publisher can elect to adopt idiosyncrasies or not.
Posted by: m"

That's why they always fix misspelled rappers' names.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2026 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

112 107 It is an incredible work of art and a glory of the English language. Highly recommended.

https://tinyurl.com/5cua282j
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

92 e.e. Cummings wrote my favorite poem
Anyone lived in a pretty how town
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:41 AM (SSiCQ)

113 > With a mortgage, you get enough interest payments to go over the standard deduction and itemize. That is the sweet-spot.
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Mortgage interest is a one line entry. You can have 2 of them. We own 3 properties and pick the two with the highest, annual mortgage interest payments. I believe one must be your primary residence regardless of the interest paid. (Unless it's paid off, then you're screwed.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 07:43 AM (jtM2q)

114 With all due respect to you, this is why you are still a renter.

With a mortgage, you get enough interest payments to go over the standard deduction and itemize. That is the sweet-spot.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026

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No, the reason I am still a renter is that I have never had a big enough down payment to bring the inflated cost of a mortgage down into the reasonable area for a single earner. I do now.

It's true I have no idea at this point what my interest payments will be with my house; if they exceed the standard deduction, perfect. On a modest house, can they exceed the $23K I'll get this year? If so, I'll itemize next year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 07:44 AM (wzUl9)

115 coffee thread sneaked in early

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:00 AM

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 07:47 AM (SSiCQ)

116 107 It is an incredible work of art and a glory of the English language. Highly recommended.

https://tinyurl.com/5cua282j
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:37 AM
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Thanks for that. Enjoyed the audio!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

117 That two Baltimore City politicians drive the two most expensive cars in the Maryland public fleet underlines the casual corruption voters there accept.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 07:49 AM (JIqUq)

118 I looked up Van Morrison just now fearing I'd missed an obituary at some point, and not only is he still around, he was recording anti-lockdown songs with Eric Clapton during the WuFlu.

Here's to you, Mr. Morrison.

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Indeed, I have a Q Anon friend who kept me up-to-date on Van Morrison's wonderful protest songs and concerts mocking and railing against the numerous Covid PsyOps of the time.

And although I was looking forward to some of his songs being featured in the 2021 movie "Belfast" -- that film thoroughly sucked (despite featuring very good actors like Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, and Dame Judy Dench) and I couldn't even finish watching it.

Are TJM or MAE around for a panning movie review?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 31, 2026 07:50 AM (0Eh0f)

119 I did seriously look into buying a house multiple times over the years. I knew about interest payments being deductible, building equity, throwing money away on rent, etc. But every property I've looked at here -- recently, and for years back -- in decent condition and in a decent area was far too expensive. A down payment to bring the monthly note down to something reasonable would have been impossible for me for a long time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 07:50 AM (wzUl9)

120 We are in the final years of a 30 year mortgage so we are only paying about $3,000 a year in interest far too low to itemize.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

121 Different video on Hoverbike, hut see no way it can fly

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:51 AM (Ia/+0)

122 My reasoning decades ago was any deduction was way less than that interest

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 07:52 AM (Ia/+0)

123 Lefties are fascinated by Epstein and now hope the files somehow take down Musk, ignoring the devastation to Democrats so far.

And CNN staff have an anti- Scott Jennings petition going, which (I predict) will not end well for whoever organized the whining.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 07:53 AM (J6Kki)

124 A publisher can elect to adopt idiosyncrasies or not.
Posted by: m

Several years back, a paper ran an article on Navy Seals. When the paper was contacted and it was gently explained that the correct term is SEAL, the answer was "That's not according to the AP Style Guide!"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 07:56 AM (7xrfc)

125 123 Lefties are fascinated by Epstein and now hope the files somehow take down Musk, ignoring the devastation to Democrats so far.

Lefties are the ones who gave us the term "Minor Attracted Individual" and who insist that children as young as three can give consent. Their desperate need for the Epstein files to take down powerful people is a bit puzzling.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 31, 2026 07:58 AM (7xrfc)

126 Todays WSJ has a book review the horde art lovers and artistically inclined might enjoy, a description of Titian's influence on Michelangelo and vice versa.

Michelangelo commented that Titian’s “coloring and his style pleased him very much but that it was a shame that in Venice they did not learn to draw well from the beginning.”

https://tinyurl.com/4necapy2

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 08:01 AM (9IfFR)

127 Lindsey Vonn has a hairline fracture of the tibial plateau. People are saying she might be able to ski in the Olympics, but I doubt it. As you get older the body doesn't recover as quickly and she won't be able to handle the high speed stress of skiing on the fracture

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 08:02 AM (IDEQi)

128 The Wife got a fixer upper with a 3% loan way back when. She didn’t pay the mortgage for a couple of years and then got a principal reduction as part of a settlement over predatory loans. You would pay in rent for one floor of our place what we pay in mortgage.
The exact nature of the loan is such that we don’t get the fed mortgage deduction.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 08:07 AM (S8ZfB)

129 One area of concern was Jennings being allowed to describe undocumented immigrants as “illegal aliens,” a term that violates the network’s editorial standards, according to Status.
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Too funny

https://tinyurl.com/3wsse62s

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 08:10 AM (QbC6G)

130 Democrats no longer consider pedos criminals. We still do so they attack us over our own rules.
I would fight using their rules, much more effective.

Posted by: Accomack at January 31, 2026 08:10 AM (S8ZfB)

131 Noodage.

Posted by: Noodist at January 31, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

132 123 CNN staff have an anti- Scott Jennings petition going, which (I predict) will not end well for whoever organized the whining.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 07:53 AM (J6Kki)

Ha!

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 09:13 AM (SSiCQ)

133 129 One area of concern was Jennings being allowed to describe undocumented immigrants as “illegal aliens,” a term that violates the network’s editorial standards, according to Status.
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Too funny

https://tinyurl.com/3wsse62s
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2026 08:10 AM (QbC6G)

Excellent.

Posted by: m at January 31, 2026 09:23 AM (SSiCQ)

134 For me, YouTube is unwatchable unless you pay to remove commercials.

I don’t mind commercials. Technically, they have to get paid somehow. It’s just that, on a platform where they literally know all my interests, the ads seem designed to be annoying, and also designed specifically to keep their advertisers from selling anything.

Not only does YouTube know what I watch, they know how I watch it. Slow talkers get sped up, for example. So what do they show me? Things I wouldn’t be interested in if they were watchable, and with incredibly low information density.

Not a big deal. I keep the mute button handy and a phone at my side. But it just seems such a wasted opportunity.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2026 10:49 AM (EXyHK)

135 "Around half of those servers are configured not just to answer questions but to execute code... For anyone in the entire world"

No offense to the over 29 crowd but shit like this is primarily boomers thinking they can hoover in money replacing actual human devs with Indians and AI. Or letting the Indians get their foot in the door, and doing that themselves after purging devs to hire more Indians. In some industries they also went all in hiring similarly incompetent freaks, dangerhairs, and token brown people for political brownie points - gotta buy those blue state indulgences from the church of woke.

I know a dev whose company just fired every last producer; ceo decided they could replace them with AI overnight. They are doomed. Watched, or am watching, several other companies crash and burn because they hired a ton of trannies or allowed devs to put on dresses and wigs for promotion mojo. This is an extinction level event for much of western tech.

Posted by: heya at January 31, 2026 12:29 PM (nH+RN)

136 just got a 5060 for the kids

Posted by: TallDave at January 31, 2026 05:06 PM (lLLli)

A Midwinter's Night ONT

Hi everybody! Hope y'all survived the weather last week. Word is that there may be more this weekend, remember to be prepared!

Fido Friday: Mine!

pic.twitter.com/Lpx1rNoGwH
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 30, 2026

We used to be a proper country

The audacity of those people

How to float

pic.twitter.com/nm3YVZ1Ce9
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 30, 2026

A farewell to arms

Had that for a while

Smells like chicken spirit

pic.twitter.com/liZqtgWzL4
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 30, 2026

Stay on topic

Happy dog

The Tik Tok effect

pic.twitter.com/qa91dPceaL
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 30, 2026

Dandy Don

Wearing white

It's coming now!

pic.twitter.com/LIqbq7ujoK
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 30, 2026

Dumbass Dick

Animals often display bright colors to indicate that they're toxic

Knitters

pic.twitter.com/yf0WUebMEN
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 30, 2026

Battle

OK, that's good

Thank God she's in recovery

pic.twitter.com/ZHGoGzCvTp
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 30, 2026

Out of context

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by 1973:

Posted by: WeirdDave at 09:59 PM

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1 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:00 PM (SRRAx)

2 Yay!

Posted by: IS Roth at January 30, 2026 10:00 PM (P4ghT)

3 If the Walz's are divorcing, I wonder if Tim's manhandling their son on a national stage had something to do with it.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 10:01 PM (gKWVE)

4 Sorry I'm late, I didn't know thst Governor Lepetomane installed a new toll booth.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:03 PM (Hd1lH)

5 If the Walz's are divorcing, I wonder if Tim's manhandling their son on a national stage had something to do with it.
Posted by: gKWVE

I'll bet Gwen knows just how deep he is in the raping of the treasury and she doesn't want to go down with him.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:04 PM (qw6Uy)

6 Unexpectedly, the ONT. The Friday ONT no less.

*wild cheers & loud applause*

Posted by: mindful webworker - banging a pot with a wooden spoon at January 30, 2026 10:04 PM (j02Vi)

7 Chicken spirit's lyrics still are more comprehensible than Cobain's

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 10:04 PM (gKWVE)

8 I love the "Pretend it's 1973" meme.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:06 PM (qw6Uy)

9 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 30, 2026 10:06 PM (lUFok)

10 As bad as the GOP can be, the democrat party is full of some real f*****g winners. Like real s**m of the earth types.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 30, 2026 10:07 PM (XV/Pl)

11 Sorry I'm late, I didn't know thst Governor Lepetomane installed a new toll booth."

Got dimes?

Posted by: man at January 30, 2026 10:08 PM (XuXeR)

12 the GOP can be, the democrat party is full of some real f*****g winners. Like real s**m of the earth types.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Some world class turds! Not classy folks like we got here in the ONT.

Posted by: Steve Buscemi at January 30, 2026 10:08 PM (gKWVE)

13 I hereby retract all my past calumnies directed at AI. It is, in fact, the greatest thing ever invented by man.

https://x.com/i/status/2017018768140943608

Posted by: Archimedes at January 30, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

14 "Knitters"

*stomps foot*

Hey, I already have the needles I need, thank you very much!

Posted by: pookysgirl has a shelf full of needles at January 30, 2026 10:08 PM (Wt5PA)

15 Ha!
Akting.
That's hilarious!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:09 PM (2WIwB)

16 As bad as the GOP can be, the democrat party is full of some real f*****g winners. Like real s**m of the earth types.

It's like they have entrance requirements. Those with symmetric features, more than half their teeth, or non-conical heads need not apply.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 30, 2026 10:10 PM (Riz8t)

17 > If the Walz's are divorcing, I wonder if Tim's manhandling their son on a national stage had something to do with it.
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"Walz" and "manhandling" just doesn't seem right.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 10:11 PM (jtM2q)

18 Check out moltbook for AI agents talking to each other

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

19 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:11 PM (u82oZ)

20 The Walzes are divorcing?

I noticed he has lost some weight lately; perhaps the reason he isn't running for office is because of the divorce (no doubt there is already another woman in the picture)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

21 NotSoThoreau will get the knitting joke. She has experience.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:12 PM (u82oZ)

22 How to float
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Be 29 with a beer belly

Posted by: Methos at January 30, 2026 10:12 PM (vSvIl)

23 I have questions about that midwife video.

The first one being, should I share it with my pregnant granddaughter?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:13 PM (Hd1lH)

24 (no doubt there is already another ~~woman~~ boy in the picture)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

FIFY.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:13 PM (u82oZ)

25 Willowed:
Gwen Walz can't testify. Spousal immunity.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Government can't force. She can volunteer.

Can Marital or Spousal Privileges Be Waived?
Privileges must be properly asserted. If they are not, the privilege may be waived (given up). For instance, in a criminal case, a spouse who wants to testify against the other can do so, and this testimony is a waiver of their spousal testimonial privilege. A spouse can also waive or lose the right to assert the privilege by failing to object to the other spouse's testimony when offered. Either spouse can generally waive their right to keep marital communications confidential by communicating the information to a third party.

https://tinyurl.com/3cah7xk5

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:13 PM (qw6Uy)

26 If the Walz's are divorcing, I wonder if Tim's manhandling their son on a national stage had something to do with it.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 10:01 PM (gKWVE)
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Just yesterday I was assured that nothing is happening.

Is something happening?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:13 PM (ZOv7s)

27 I noticed he has lost some weight lately; perhaps the reason he isn't running for office is because of the divorce (no doubt there is already another woman in the picture)

For him or his soon to be ex?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 30, 2026 10:13 PM (lUFok)

28 Another fine Friday ONT, thanks Wierd Dave.
Could have done without the trans dude or whatever, but hey, whatever.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 30, 2026 10:14 PM (sl73Y)

29 I noticed he has lost some weight lately; perhaps the reason he isn't running for office is because of the divorce (no doubt there is already another woman in the picture)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

His wife turned gay?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 30, 2026 10:14 PM (uQesX)

30 The Walzes are divorcing?

I noticed he has lost some weight lately; perhaps the reason he isn't running for office is because of the divorce (no doubt there is already another woman in the picture)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

If they're divorcing, who will Stephen Colbert get for the dancing tampons skits?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 10:15 PM (S/Y4j)

31 Greetings.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 30, 2026 10:15 PM (CHHv1)

32 I have questions about that midwife video.

The first one being, should I share it with my pregnant granddaughter?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:13 PM (Hd1lH)
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My wife would be insanely jealous. Labor on the youngest was like 20 hours. Having a kid pop out like that seems like cheating.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:15 PM (ZOv7s)

33 If the Walz's are divorcing, I wonder if Tim's manhandling their son on a national stage had something to do with it.
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"Walz" and "manhandling" just doesn't seem right.

I dunno. It seems pretty apropos to me.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 30, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

34 rickb223

That refusal to waive spousal immunity has got to be worth another $10 million in the settlement.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:16 PM (u82oZ)

35 For those who like a good roasting, here's Don Rickles as the target:

https://youtube.com/shorts/bYAgvJwqa3w

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)

36 Any company that sends me a rejection e-mail like that is going to get a GFY response.
Any company so offended by such basic, common sense questions, is an utter shithole deserving to be put out of business.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at January 30, 2026 10:17 PM (qgnE0)

37 (no doubt there is already another woman in the picture)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

"Woman"

Yep. Definitely a "woman."

Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:17 PM (Hd1lH)

38 Teresa in Fort Worth,

Congratulation on your first.

I was reading the memes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:18 PM (u82oZ)

39 That refusal to waive spousal immunity has got to be worth another $10 million in the settlement.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Since MN stole $9B, it has to be worth a couple of hundred million, unless it looks like she was in on it. Then she'll flip for free.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:18 PM (qw6Uy)

40 > "Walz" and "manhandling" just doesn't seem right.

I dunno. It seems pretty apropos to me.
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The "man" part....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 10:18 PM (jtM2q)

41 Oh, and.....

FIRST! (and 20th....)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:18 PM (SRRAx)

42 noticed he has lost some weight lately; perhaps the reason he isn't running for office is because of the divorce (no doubt there is already another woman in the picture)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

His wife turned gay?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 30, 2026 10:14 PM (uQesX)

When you sniff burning' tires
It kindles some ire!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

43 Something fun today. Offer accepted, I'll be moving if the home inspection doesn't throw any red flags. Downside, lots of stuff to sign.

No, I'm not posting the address or MLS#.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 30, 2026 10:19 PM (lUFok)

44 Floating- lean back and spread your arms. Doesn't use much energy. Best used in calm waters.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:19 PM (Hd1lH)

45 "Walz" and "manhandling" just doesn't seem right.

I dunno. It seems pretty apropos to me.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 30, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)
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Walz has been manhandled a lot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:19 PM (ZOv7s)

46 I've predicted Walz suicide for the last 2 weeks going to be right soon.

Posted by: Lord Percy at January 30, 2026 10:20 PM (WV4GH)

47 The one on his helmet isn't attached to a firearm.
Of course, it's more NVGs than a true flashlight. But the effect is the same - he can easily tell where the peanut butter is.

Posted by: GWB at January 30, 2026 10:20 PM (Cphwz)

48 Floating- lean back and spread your arms. Doesn't use much energy. Best used in calm waters.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:19 PM (Hd1lH)

When I swam, I had trouble floating. Now I float better since I have bodyfat.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 30, 2026 10:20 PM (rbvCR)

49 Chicken spirit's lyrics still are more comprehensible than Cobain's

How do we know that sound came from those rubber chickens and just wasn't dubbed in with a sampler?

I'm trying to figure out where one can purchase a set of rubber chickens on the F natural minor diatonic scale.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 30, 2026 10:21 PM (a4flb)

50 I saw Chicken Spirit open for Alice In Chains at the Central Saloon in Seattle in 1989.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 10:21 PM (oT7pT)

51 FWIW - that isn't "floating"; that's treading water.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:22 PM (SRRAx)

52 Thanks for that top meme. It reminds me that I should go check on the batteries in all my flashlights.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 30, 2026 10:22 PM (0Htd1)

53 I float just well enough to be facedown in a pool somewhere.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

54 Floating- lean back and spread your arms. Doesn't use much energy. Best used in calm waters.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:19 PM (Hd1lH)

I always thought feet downward, arms out making the body at "T" shape. You'll sink to the top of your head. Just hold your breath, then push yourself up to breathe and hold. Repeat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 30, 2026 10:22 PM (uQesX)

55 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 30, 2026 10:23 PM (Iz+f5)

56 46 I've predicted Walz suicide for the last 2 weeks going to be right soon.
Posted by: Lord Percy at January 30, 2026 10:20 PM (WV4GH)

I didn't know he had any dirt on Hillary.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:23 PM (Hd1lH)

57 His wife turned gay?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 30, 2026 10:14 PM (uQesX)
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By the gay, you mean the happy? Because the Paolo, he make her very happy.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 30, 2026 10:23 PM (ZOv7s)

58 Archimedes

That video is absolutely hysterical.

Thanks. Sharing it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:23 PM (u82oZ)

59 I also enjoyed that dog video. Chihuahuas are devil dogs.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 30, 2026 10:24 PM (0Htd1)

60 I wish I was a bar of soap...

Posted by: Don Lemons Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:24 PM (qgnE0)

61 My wife would be insanely jealous. Labor on the youngest was like 20 hours. Having a kid pop out like that seems like cheating.

Sort of like that Catholic family scene in Monty Python's "Meaning of Life"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 30, 2026 10:24 PM (a4flb)

62 Walz is retiring from his marriage to spend more time with his homosexual instincts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 30, 2026 10:24 PM (JkO4W)

63 I float just well enough to be facedown in a pool somewhere.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
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Like Gloria Swanson's?

Posted by: The Paolo at January 30, 2026 10:25 PM (ZOv7s)

64 I've predicted Walz suicide for the last 2 weeks going to be right soon.
Posted by: Lord Percy at January 30, 2026 10:20 PM (WV4GH)

I haven't heard about any potential Walz divorce. Where is this coming from?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 30, 2026 10:25 PM (uQesX)

65 Sort of like that Catholic family scene in Monty Python's "Meaning of Life"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 30, 2026 10:24 PM (a4flb)
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That is the ideal. Drop one out and get started on another. Funny how that was looked on as a bad thing.

Then again, they were English and gay.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 30, 2026 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)

66 Use me like a loofa!

Posted by: Don Lemons Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:26 PM (qgnE0)

67 "My wife would be insanely jealous. Labor on the youngest was like 20 hours. Having a kid pop out like that seems like cheating."

Our first four popped very quickly. We did make it into L&D, barely. Our #2 popped just as the doctor was walking in the door.

Posted by: Nemo at January 30, 2026 10:26 PM (4RPgu)

68 Scary Mary, I wasn't online last evening, but TRex shared the fantastic news! Congrats on paying off the mortgage, that is more than a reason to celebrate!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 30, 2026 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

69 Regarding former President Clinton, shouldn't he be dead by now? Every recent picture you see of him, he looks like he's at death's door.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (0Htd1)

70 Good evening morons en bedankt wd

Baking soda expires? Hm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

71 Begone, thou sexy sock!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (ZOv7s)

72 And, thanks, WeirdDave.

Posted by: GWB at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (Cphwz)

73 I float just well enough to be facedown in a pool somewhere.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

Face down in a pool? Not face down in Veronica Lake?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (uQesX)

74 I haven't heard about any potential Walz divorce. Where is this coming from?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I saw it posted on Facebook. Maybe yeah, maybe no. But if the fraud is as big as they say, I can see it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (qw6Uy)

75 For all the musicians who were agitated about improperly tuned instruments last night, are the rubber chickens in tune? If not, why not?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (BSxnY)

76 I love the garage doors. I was born in the wrong era. I was meant to live in the atomic ranch era.

The Walz’s are divorcing? I am sorry to hear that. Gwen mad he is a political loser now?

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (OoFl2)

77 I saw it posted on Facebook. Maybe yeah, maybe no. But if the fraud is as big as they say, I can see it.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (qw6Uy)

I checked my usual headlines sources and nothing.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 30, 2026 10:28 PM (uQesX)

78 Before he leaves the governors mansion be sure to have forensics check his Econoline van in the garage, and see if any of the missing Boy Scouts left DNA behind

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2026 10:28 PM (de18Y)

79 Security guard - Need any help?

Midwife - Get a garden hose ..

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 10:28 PM (/lPRQ)

80 43 Something fun today. Offer accepted, I'll be moving if the home inspection doesn't throw any red flags. Downside, lots of stuff to sign.

No, I'm not posting the address or MLS#.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January

Congratulations!

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 10:29 PM (OoFl2)

81 Who wants to play naked Twister?

Posted by: Don Lemons Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:29 PM (qgnE0)

82 Regarding former President Clinton, shouldn't he be dead by now? Every recent picture you see of him, he looks like he's at death's door.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (0Htd1)
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When he croaks, all manner of crap is going to come out. "Private family service" because a state funeral would be a total shitshow.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

83 I'll buy the baby oil of you put money on my book.

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:31 PM (qgnE0)

84 Armed teen shot and killed by cops after reaching for gun — as video shows victim moments before shooting
Goes to NY Post
https://trib.al/7H25Dcx

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:31 PM (qw6Uy)

85 Who wants to play naked Twister?
Posted by: Don Lemons Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:29 PM (qgnE0)
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Back in the day, there were t-shirts joking about coed naked twister, but LeMon would be horrified by the icky girls.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:31 PM (ZOv7s)

86 1973 was a great year. I had a leather vest with fringes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

87 Thanks, Piper!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)

88 What is with the "No Head" "No Brain" ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

89 1973 was a great year.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)
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Agreed! I was born.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)

90 San Franpsycho

You always hung out with the cool crowd. Well, except for being around Harris.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:33 PM (u82oZ)

91 When Mrs b was attempting to make my grandmother's spaghetti sauce she said "now I know why the italian woman always wore black, look at my clothes!" I asked her in what world did she think wearing light colors was a good idea. lol

White is right out.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 10:34 PM (snZF9)

92 I checked my usual headlines sources and nothing.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 30, 2026 10:28 PM (uQesX)
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Could be fake, could be Undernews. Find out tomorrow, I suspect.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:34 PM (ZOv7s)

93 Back in the day, there were t-shirts joking about coed naked twister, but LeMon would be horrified by the icky girls.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:31 PM (ZOv7s)

You can play Twister with girls?

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 30, 2026 10:35 PM (BSxnY)

94 Back in the day, there were t-shirts joking about coed naked twister, but LeMon would be horrified by the icky girls.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Ewwwww. I'm not into fish.

You can say it's all pink inside, but I prefer it to be be brown, or green, IFYKWIM.

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:35 PM (qgnE0)

95 Labor stories: the husband of my wife's best friend left the room to look for the doctor, leaving my wife the only one in the room in position to catcher the baby as he made his grand entrance.

The doctor actually said, "What have we here?" when he eventually showed up.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:35 PM (Hd1lH)

96 When he croaks, all manner of crap is going to come out. "Private family service" because a state funeral would be a total shitshow.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

Naaa. It's the Clinton's. They'll outdo the Wellstone funeral first.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

97 The guy filming in the birth in the parking lot? Yeah, he was supposed to bring over the wheelchair.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 10:36 PM (/gkdL)

98 That poor rottweiler...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 30, 2026 10:36 PM (xcxpd)

99 For all the musicians who were agitated about improperly tuned instruments last night, are the rubber chickens in tune? If not, why not?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (BSxnY)

I don't know, it sounded like kurt cobain to me.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 10:36 PM (snZF9)

100 Still only on Facebook:

According to a source close to the Walz family, allegedly, Gwen Walz is in the process of filing for DIVORCE from Tim Walz.

Allegedly, there are pictures of her leaving a local divorce attorney that are going to be leaked.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:37 PM (qw6Uy)

101 Who wants to get buck naked and wrestle?

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:37 PM (qgnE0)

102 Naaa. It's the Clinton's. They'll outdo the Wellstone funeral first.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)
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I don't think the Clintons have many fans at this point. Wellstone's funeral was used as a campaign event. Bill is a lot more problematic, and I don't think Hillary will be as enthusiastic to celebrate him at this late date.

Maybe a thing, but it will be forced and awkward.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)

103 Ok, everybody. Quarter Twenty here.
I did it. I went to see the Melania movie tonight.
I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Excellent videography, well paced and edited.
You get to hear Melania herself narrate large portions. She tells a lot of her story. She is very polished and articulate. And of course elegant. What surprised me the most is the score. The music choices were excellent and she sings along with a Michael Jackson song and even dances a little to YMCA.
I don't know when or where it will be available again, but I strongly recommend it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 30, 2026 10:38 PM (2Ez/1)

104 I have a very bias dislike for Chihuahuas. I've always considered them closer to rodents than dogs. But, that video changed my mind...a little.

Perhaps they are closer to Somalis than rats.

Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 10:38 PM (dIske)

105 Oh dear lord, even i knew what a pick-6 was.

Posted by: Gwen at January 30, 2026 10:38 PM (KAi1n)

106 Gwen Walz can't testify. Spousal immunity.

Under federal law, there are two marital privileges
1. Testimonial privilege (privilege of witness-spouse)
2. Communication privilege (either spouse can assert)

So if Gwen saw Tim putting bribe money in a bag with a dollar sign on it, or saw a thank you note from a somali day-care owner, she can testify to that if she chooses.

Without Tim's permission, she can't testify "Tim told me he was getting millions of dollars in kickbacks from the somalis" unless that privilege was broken by having a third party present.

Posted by: Chuck C at January 30, 2026 10:38 PM (D0HYP)

107 When he croaks, all manner of crap is going to come out. "Private family service" because a state funeral would be a total shitshow.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

I dunno. Can Hillary charge a speaking fee for giving the eulogy?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 30, 2026 10:38 PM (BSxnY)

108 Cute chick having the coffee and smoke.
But that ring looks like it was made for King Kong.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)

109 Would never have crossed my mind to go see it, but my female supervisor dragged me to the "Melania" movie this afternoon - and it was very good.

Pretty much straight documentary/behind-the-scenes of the 10 days prior to the 2025 inauguration. Melania narrates.

Funniest part (there are several) - Trump's talking to Melania on the phone the day of congressional certification of the election. Classic Trump (paraphrasing, we all know the script) "it's one of the biggest victories ever, we won every swing state, we won the popular vote by millions, nobody's seen anything like it!". Melania doesn't roll her eyes but her voice/words say it all - "hey great, yes, I'll see it on the news" "OK".

Hope somehow lots of non-Trump-deranged people see it. Especially women. I almost feel sorry for the TDS people, and sort of sick about the country (the "elite" pop culture/media/etc) treating Melania so poorly. A decent, good-hearted, and of course blazingly glamorous beautiful FLOTUS. Most beautiful ever, really! Nobody like her before!

Posted by: rhomboid at January 30, 2026 10:39 PM (U/Byj)

110 rickb223

Bing search links deny a divorce is in the offing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:39 PM (u82oZ)

111 My wife would be insanely jealous. Labor on the youngest was like 20 hours. Having a kid pop out like that seems like cheating.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:15 PM (ZOv7s)

My mother would be jealous of your wife. 36 hours with me. They actually brought in a priest. My brother was a c section. Mom said she wasn't going through that shit again.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 10:39 PM (snZF9)

112 Gwen and I have a love in common.
BBC.

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:40 PM (qgnE0)

113 RIP Catherine O'Hara, a genuinely talented and funny lady.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 30, 2026 10:40 PM (CHHv1)

114 If that birth video was AI, it was good AI. Who was doing the camera work??

My wife would be insanely jealous. Labor on the youngest was like 20 hours. Having a kid pop out like that seems like cheating.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Don't tell the Mrs about our experience, then.

Our taxi was roaring down Lake Shore Drive to the hospital, MiladyJo's sister, a nurse, in the front seat, threatening to hop in the back and hold the severely expecting mother's knees together.

The cabbie had radioed our imminent arrival, but what got through was that she'd already given birth, and so at the entrance was a large crowd of anxious doctors and nurses.

I barely had time to put on some scrubs and rush to the delivery room. Time from arrival at the hospital until Son the First was born, ten minutes. Time from first son's birth to when Son the Second was born, ten more minutes. That was a wild whirlwind.

Posted by: mindful webworker - banging a pot with a wooden spoon at January 30, 2026 10:40 PM (j02Vi)

115 Tim and I have a love in common....

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:41 PM (qgnE0)

116 88 What is with the "No Head" "No Brain" ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

Durbin actually presented an enlarged version of that AI generated picture that shows a headless ICE agent involved in Pretti's death. The meme is poi ting out the AI mistake and commenting that only a brainless coozergibbit would present such a thing during a speech on the Senate floor.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:41 PM (Hd1lH)

117 101 Who wants to get buck naked and wrestle?
Posted by: Don Lemon

The new series The Beauty has that scene.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 10:42 PM (gKWVE)

118 my female supervisor dragged me to the "Melania" movie this afternoon - and it was very good.

How can that be? I was told two weeks ago that it had already tanked!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 30, 2026 10:42 PM (EXyHK)

119 "Walz" and "manhandling" just doesn't seem right.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I thought he looked more like a pedo.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 30, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

120 With that coffee and cigarette, she could have had two eggs, toast, butter, and jelly for another fifty seven cents. -- Gossage Grill, Chicago 1973.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 10:43 PM (SiYcf)

121 Bing search links deny a divorce is in the offing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:39 PM (u82oZ)
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Bill Gates' company says what?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:43 PM (ZOv7s)

122 we lost O'Hara, but at least we still have her husband in that movie... Jeffery Jones

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 10:43 PM (gKWVE)

123 Poor Gwen will have to wax ecstatic over the scent of burning buildings all by herself now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 30, 2026 10:43 PM (JkO4W)

124 The Durbin thing with the AI photoshop really was incredible.

Kind of a perfect example of the utter degradation of Dem voters and electeds, and of the "press" and other things they rely on.

Hilarious, in a dark way. It's as crude as defense ministry fulminations from Iran or North Korea, and just as ridiculous.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 30, 2026 10:44 PM (U/Byj)

125 Mrs Walz is not a stand by your man type. You know, like Hillary is.

Posted by: Case at January 30, 2026 10:45 PM (E7+ue)

126
Maybe a thing, but it will be forced and awkward.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)

*adds popcorn to shopping list *

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:45 PM (2WIwB)

127 Knitters

With a hard "r"? And so close to Black History Month?

Posted by: Shame upon you! at January 30, 2026 10:46 PM (TbWk/)

128 86 1973 was a great year. I had a leather vest with fringes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

White leather gogo boots.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 10:47 PM (I40wl)

129 86 1973 was a great year. I had a leather vest with fringes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Behind the times partner. That was so 1969.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 10:47 PM (uaYsl)

130 My favorite bird?
.
.
.
The swallow.

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 10:47 PM (qgnE0)

131 I thought he looked more like a pedo.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 30, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)
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One of my friends (also a retired senior NCO) was chatting with me about Walz and we agreed that he was a classic apple-polishing brown-noser. "Yes, sir, very good sir!" type, always buttering up his boss, and so he got to E8 and almost made E9, but for the prospect of actually deploying, which should have been the culmination of his career.

Given his age and generation, that should have been a huge thing for him. I know guys that retired because they did NOT deploy. But no, he dodged it, and then lied about going, which shows what a scumbag he really was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:47 PM (ZOv7s)

132 127 Knitters

With a hard "r"? And so close to Black History Month?
Posted by: Shame upon you! at January 30, 2026 10:46 PM (TbWk/)

You will pull my knitting from my cold, dead hands.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 10:48 PM (I40wl)

133 Bill Gates' company says what?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Why do you think he made a big deal about leaving e'rrything to his 'charities?'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 30, 2026 10:48 PM (mlg/3)

134 That psycho interview email is apparently par for the course nowadays. It's insane in corpoland and you just can't win for losing if you're a job applicant.

Posted by: You shouldn't care about the pay! at January 30, 2026 10:49 PM (TbWk/)

135 1973 was the first year I sported my afro. I was very much a cultural appropriator.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 10:49 PM (uaYsl)

136 Our #2 popped just as the doctor was walking in the door.
Posted by: Nemo

Heh, before the aforementioned twin boys…

Our first, a daughter, was born at home. The midwife thought she had time to take a nap on the couch. Ha. No. I had to do the catching. The doctor had trouble finding a parking space, and arrived in time to cut the cord, shake my hand, and leave. That was unforgettable.

Posted by: mindful webworker - women are amazing at January 30, 2026 10:50 PM (j02Vi)

137 1973 was a great year. I had a leather vest with fringes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

White leather gogo boots.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 10:47 PM (I40wl)

Mini skirts
Muscle cars
Bell bottoms
Bitchin' music
The best times!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

138 132 You will pull my knitting from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 10:48 PM (I40wl)

If you knit yourself some mittens, they could be your warm, dead hands.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:50 PM (Hd1lH)

139 For most soldiers, deploying as an E9 would be a dream come true. The ultimate test, the ultimate reward for a full career, and the scumbag bolted and then lied about his terminal rank.

Tells you all you need to know. He was never going to stand up to Trump, or anything else.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:50 PM (ZOv7s)

140 I miss drinking coffee and having a cigarette in the morning. I haven't done so in 20 years, but it was a wonderful moment in my day, before the boy appeared.

And as for labor, I had the birth mom do that part. I picked him up six months later, so that went well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 10:52 PM (I40wl)

141 Willowed from the previous thread:

If Gwen Walz goes through with a divorce then she can be compelled to testify against her former husband.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 10:52 PM (H6cKs)

142 She looks more like 57 than 73.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 10:52 PM (rarFa)

143 Floating- lean back and spread your arms. Doesn't use much energy. Best used in calm waters.
Posted by: tankdemon

Also might work when getting swept downstream in the rapids.
Or not.
Either way you are on your own.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 10:53 PM (/lPRQ)

144 If you knit yourself some mittens, they could be your warm, dead hands.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:50 PM (Hd1lH)

Honey, I knit everything.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 10:53 PM (I40wl)

145 You will pull my knitting from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Knitter, please.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 30, 2026 10:54 PM (mlg/3)

146 Knitter, please.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 30, 2026 10:54 PM (mlg/3)

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 10:55 PM (I40wl)

147 75 For all the musicians who were agitated about improperly tuned instruments last night, are the rubber chickens in tune? If not, why not?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 30, 2026 10:27 PM (BSxnY)

The chickens did not match my memory of the notes that Cobain sang, and it annoyed me enough that I stopped the video despite being amused by the premise.

Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 10:55 PM (Sy6m/)

148 Giving birth, standing in the parking lot, then walking away with the baby in her arms?! Is the mother from the planet Krypton?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 10:57 PM (H6cKs)

149 I guess that baby delivery was real, as so easy. Waited for cops to faint.

I was 10 days late with #1 and he's never been on time his entire life (except for work, which is good). Please keep in mind that frat boys mooed at me a few weeks prior and I was gigantic from the side (from the back you couldn't tell). Mother got tears in her eyes when I picked her up at the airport. Nurses thought I was having twins,to alarm us (pre-ultrasounds).

I finally go into labor. I walk miles to get things going. Finally the pain was pretty bad 12hrs later and we go to L&D to be sent home again as I had not progressed. Hours later I say take me, I have had enough. Doc tries everything, breaking water, pitocin. It was not going to happen because he had a giant head that would not fit. 22hrs later he tells me I need to be "thinking" c-section and I am fine with this! But not emergent as they made me wait 5 more hours.

Have epidural and almost pass out due to dehydration. Husband almost passes out because I do, so I tell the nurses to make him drink a Coke (because I think Coke's are magic cures).Giant son is finally born and healthy at 10 lbs and large head. #2 son was a planned section.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 10:58 PM (WONhk)

150 I thought the rubber chicken rendition of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was close enough!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 10:59 PM (H6cKs)

151 The "cute chick with the cigarette" is Lauren Bacall (1946).

Posted by: Paco at January 30, 2026 10:59 PM (2L+MU)

152 The chickens did not match my memory of the notes that Cobain sang, and it annoyed me enough that I stopped the video despite being amused by the premise.
Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 10:55 PM (Sy6m/)
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I recognized it, but it wasn't great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 10:59 PM (ZOv7s)

153 RIP Catherine O'Hara, a genuinely talented and funny lady.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 30, 2026 10:40 PM (CHHv1)

Yeah, thats a shame. I can't believe she was only in her mid 30's when she was in home alone.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)

154 148 Giving birth, standing in the parking lot, then walking away with the baby in her arms?! Is the mother from the planet Krypton?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 10:57 PM (H6cKs)

__________________________

Let's see....hmmmm.....tough one....move about six feet and be standing over grass. Orrrrr.....deliver a newborn over the concrete.

We'll go with the concrete. It will be a nice ice breaker when he's older. When someone asks, "What's wrong with you? Did you hit your head when you were little?"

"Why yes. Yes I did."

Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 11:02 PM (dIske)

155 The "cute chick with the cigarette" is Lauren Bacall (1946).
Posted by: Paco at January 30, 2026 10:59 PM (2L+MU)
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"You know how to whistle, don't you? Just put your lips together and blow."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)

156 Go Seahawks!

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 11:03 PM (qgnE0)

157
Part of the Walz divorce rumors is that Gwen discovered he was hiding assets from her. That he had some stash squirreled away that he wasn't telling her about.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

158 Behind the times partner. That was so 1969.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 10:47 PM (uaYsl)
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Absolutely I am a Late Adopter

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)

159 59 I also enjoyed that dog video. Chihuahuas are devil dogs.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 30, 2026 10:24 PM

Hold my waterbowl.

Posted by: Schipperke at January 30, 2026 11:05 PM (7OVtU)

160 Part of the Walz divorce rumors is that Gwen discovered he was hiding assets from her. That he had some stash squirreled away that he wasn't telling her about.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

What was his name?

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 11:06 PM (qgnE0)

161 Part of the Walz divorce rumors is that Gwen discovered he was hiding assets from her. That he had some stash squirreled away that he wasn't telling her about.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
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She's about to see a major downgrade in her status. No longer governor's wife, or potential Veep wife. Just nobody with a shit ton of feds sniffing around her stupid loser husband.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 11:06 PM (ZOv7s)

162 Part of the Walz divorce rumors is that Gwen discovered he was hiding assets from her. That he had some stash squirreled away that he wasn't telling her about.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
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Uh oh I have a 5 Guilder note in my nightstand.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)

163 What was his name?
Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 11:06 PM (qgnE0)
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I think you know.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 30, 2026 11:07 PM (ZOv7s)

164 Gettin' late. Time to crash.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 30, 2026 11:08 PM (ZOv7s)

165 🚨BREAKING!!! Grok AI reports🚨

The Walzes are getting divorced.
The Vances are getting divorced.
J.D. will marry the former Mrs Tim and have himself a white, blond wife just in time for the next Presidential election. That's the plan, anyway.

Usha keeps the little ones.

(Do burning tires smell better than curry?)

Posted by: mindful webworker - news you can refuse at January 30, 2026 11:09 PM (j02Vi)

166 In nursing school I wrote home that I was never having children during my OB rotation and for part of pediatrics. I would have false labor pains with some mothers. A lot of screaming (when I was in labor I did not do more than a moan and sent my husband to the waiting room to tell mother that the screams are not from me).

One lady was having her 8th, my first shift in L&D as a student, and kept telling the nurses she thought she was ready. They said nah. She asked me to look and wowzers it did not look normal and I got the nurses. They delivered the baby and it was the best delivery of all. The doc walked in to cut the cord and, no doubt, charged her for his part.

Our grandchildren were born this easy, too. The OB, figuring DIL was having her first, went to lunch. My son and a nurse delivered their boy to her surprise.

Some make it look easy for the rest of us. I didn't care how they came out as long as they were healthy, and they were. I'm also sort of glad they were c-section to spare my husband trauma.

I LOVE the Minneapolis map up there! Haven't seen any video in a few days of crazy women with whistles. Is it calm now? Will Walz now declare his love for Don Renaldo Lemon?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 11:10 PM (WONhk)

167

SCTV Lola Heatherton in Concert with Catherine O'Hara

https://youtu.be/dDU5l4ewaRc

Posted by: Booji Boy at January 30, 2026 11:12 PM (olveY)

168
An interesting astronomical discovery. Exoplanets galore have been discovered. But exomoons, moons orbiting planets haven't been confirmed yet (much harder to detect) but they have a few candidates. Another big one was announced today.

There's a system about 130 ly away. Very young F5 star. There's a 28 Jupiter mass planet orbiting it, about 10 AU. It's probably more of a brown dwarf than a gas giant. Anyway, they detected quite a wobble to its orbit, and it likely (but not confirmed) has a moon orbiting it.

If you can call it a moon. The moon itself would be about 40% the mass of Jupiter, and orbiting the thing at about 1/5 of AU at a high 60 degree inclined orbit.

That's a wild discovery.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 11:12 PM (w6EFb)

169 Durbin actually presented an enlarged version of that AI generated picture that shows a headless ICE agent involved in Pretti's death. The meme is poi ting out the AI mistake and commenting that only a brainless coozergibbit would present such a thing during a speech on the Senate floor.
Posted by: tankdemon

Thanks.
Did not recognize that was about Pretti.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)

170 Former President Clinton commented yesterday that he had never been more concerned about government overreach than he is today.

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"Bye, Bye, Miss American Lie
Drove Vince Foster to death's roster
But Ron Brown dared to fly

Them girls and boys
Were killed by your FBI
Screamin' "This'll be the day that we die ...
This'll be a village you fry."

lyrics.com/sublyric/192755/
Don+McLean/American+Lie

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 11:14 PM (0Eh0f)

171 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:14 PM (bss/y)

172 RE: the woman giving birth in a parking lot while standing up -

Husband, oblivious says "Walk it off!"

Annnnnnnd, she does.

Wow. One more instructive lesson from the 'Never **** with women' chapter.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2026 11:16 PM (cYBz/)

173 I met Catherine O'Hara once in a bakery in NYC. Very nice lady and she appreciated me not acting like a loon with her. We exchanged hellos and smiles and I did not stalk her back to her apt.

We all had our coffee and brunch in the booth.

My husband had no idea who he was sitting next to. I had to tell him after we left. He misses details like this.

I also don't make a big deal about famous people, as they have lives, too, and with me also being famous I totally understand.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk)

174 Well, the Waco people were not people- they were rabid religious sex nuts. Kids too. They deserved to fucking die in a fire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:17 PM (bss/y)

175 Part of the Walz divorce rumors is that Gwen discovered he was hiding assets from her. That he had some stash squirreled away that he wasn't telling her about.

She was shocked that selfish creep was acting like a selfish creep?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 30, 2026 11:17 PM (lUFok)

176 Since every planet in this system from 1 AU out has either a moon-system (Jupiter) or at least a shitload of captured iceballs (Neptune), it is impossible that no exoplanet has moons too.
On the other hand, the best candidates for habitable-zone exoplanets tend to be around red dwarfs which HZ is much much less than 1 AU.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 11:19 PM (gKWVE)

177 165 🚨BREAKING!!! Grok AI reports🚨

The Walzes are getting divorced.
The Vances are getting divorced.
J.D. will marry the former Mrs Tim and have himself a white, blond wife just in time for the next Presidential election. That's the plan, anyway.

Usha keeps the little ones.

(Do burning tires smell better than curry?)
Posted by: mindful webworker - news you can refuse at January 30, 2026 11:09 PM (j02Vi)

I think it's time we trained these AIs on repeated viewings of Old Yeller. Go crazy, see what happens.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 30, 2026 11:19 PM (w/O5Q)

178 Incidentally, I think we're starting to get a clearer idea of why, ever since last year's inauguration, nearly the entire professional Left has been willing to go to the mat to keep even a single illegal alien from being deported -- not even the felons, not even the DVers and gangsters and killers and molesters. All of us who thought it meant there must be something we didn't know that made illegals vitally important to the Democrat party, congrats. My intuition is that there's still some more pieces of the puzzle yet to come out, but it's already a doozy.

Corollary: This implies that John Fetterman's deal is that he is simply an old-fashioned liberal, a dumb bleeding heart but an honest one, not in on any of the grifts that would incentivize protecting illegal aliens.

Corollary: Almost all other Democrats (and some Republicans) are that corrupt.

Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 11:20 PM (Sy6m/)

179 anyway publius, go look up HD 137010

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 11:21 PM (gKWVE)

180
According to the Daily Mail, Catherine O'Hara had Sinus Inversus syndrome, where the organs are mirror imaged. Heart would be on the right side, stomach and colon layout reversed. That can cause problems sometimes, and sometimes no problems at all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

181 I don't think that baby delivery was real. Baby is too clean and I can't figure out the woman's shorts deal. Plus no stuff coming out onto the street, as it is typically messy.

Altho I have heard of women popping them out in fields and stuff. And one very petite girl I barely knew had one in her kitchen, which I personally did not think was a great idea. Whatever!

I might have looked like I had birthin' hips but anyone who thought this was wrong. Or maybe I could have had a normal sized baby with a normal head. I will never know.My husband's head requires larger than normal hats, so I blame him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 11:21 PM (WONhk)

182 163 What was his name?
Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at January 30, 2026 11:06 PM (qgnE0)
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I think you know.
Posted by: The Paolo at January 30, 2026 11:07 PM (ZOv7s)

Huh. I did not think Paolo swung that way. And for Tim Walz?

To each his own, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:23 PM (bss/y)

183 That he had some stash squirreled away that he wasn't telling her about.
Posted by: publius,

Turns out it was 4 pounds of old ditch weed. Yuck

Posted by: Gwen at January 30, 2026 11:25 PM (KAi1n)

184 162 Part of the Walz divorce rumors is that Gwen discovered he was hiding assets from her. That he had some stash squirreled away that he wasn't telling her about.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
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Sounds right. They seemed like a mated pair but with all the money fraud, grift info coming out she's says, show me the money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 11:28 PM (rarFa)

185 Evening, Weird Dave, and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2026 11:29 PM (8zz6B)

186 >> go look up HD 137010

I hadn't seen that, yet. Earth sized, and earth-like orbit, 355 day period. But K type star, so on the very edge of the HZ. Could be very cold, but could be warm with the right atmosphere.

Damn that's interesting.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)

187 I noticed he has lost some weight lately; perhaps the reason he isn't running for office is because of the divorce (no doubt there is already another woman in the picture)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

So Gwen has a sidepiece. What about Tim?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2026 11:34 PM (8zz6B)

188 132 You will pull my knitting from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 10:48 PM (I40wl)

Knitta, please!

Posted by: I semi-denounce myself at January 30, 2026 11:37 PM (TbWk/)

189 Something fun today. Offer accepted, I'll be moving if the home inspection doesn't throw any red flags. Downside, lots of stuff to sign.

No, I'm not posting the address or MLS#.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 30, 2026 10:19 PM (lUFok)

But still in the High Arctic of AZ?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)

190 That was always insane about job interviews.. the only acceptable behavior was to act out this farce about how you are independently wealthy, have absolutely nothing to do all week, but you have always had this compelling need to get up early everyday and do boring office work for an uninteresting company and don't really care about pay. Ties in with the manager that will posture about how dedicated he is, and truly believes that this is the greatest company in the world every day until he suddenly leaves cause another place will pay him a dollar more per hour

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 30, 2026 11:39 PM (3/XaG)

191 Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:17 PM (bss/y)
Cranking out meth too if you buy into all the lies.
I hope you die in a f'ing fire.

Posted by: Reforger at January 30, 2026 11:43 PM (7ujVx)

192 Posted by: Reforger at January 30, 2026 11:43 PM (7ujVx)

I am pretty sure Aetius was attempting irony.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (gKWVE)

193 It's too bad that Tom Homan hasn't found the Pied Piper of Illegals. Imagine a guy in 13th century forest garb, strolling through Minneapolis playing a flute (recorder), and illegals following him, entranced by his music.

For some reason, I see him playing Coming Home, by Cinderella.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (S/Y4j)

194 Durbin actually presented an enlarged version of that AI generated picture that shows a headless ICE agent involved in Pretti's death. The meme is poi ting out the AI mistake and commenting that only a brainless coozergibbit would present such a thing during a speech on the Senate floor.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 30, 2026 10:41 PM (Hd1lH)

Does that pic not show a gun in Pretti's right hand?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2026 11:47 PM (8zz6B)

195 I hope you die in a f'ing fire.
Posted by: Reforger at January 30, 2026 11:43 PM (7ujVx)

192 Posted by: Reforger at January 30, 2026 11:43 PM (7ujVx)

I am pretty sure Aetius was attempting irony.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (gKWVE)

Well sarcasm I'd think would fit better.

Like 'Hillary Clinton was the warmest, kindest, gentlest and darn it Sexy human being to ever inhabit the White House.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:47 PM (bss/y)

196 But still in the High Arctic of AZ?

Yep. Needing oven mitts to open a car door gets old.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 30, 2026 11:48 PM (lUFok)

197 The person who got the rejection letter should thank his lucky stars. It's obvious that the company runs a sweatshop populated with low cost H1Bs that can't quit. He'd probably be expected to fix their errors on unpaid overtime.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 30, 2026 11:48 PM (36QIT)

198 Posted by: Reforger at January 30, 2026 11:43 PM (7ujVx)

I am pretty sure Aetius was attempting irony.
Posted by: gKWVE

I am thinking it was sarcasm.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 11:48 PM (/lPRQ)

199 coozergibbet?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:48 PM (bss/y)

200 128 86 1973 was a great year. I had a leather vest with fringes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

White leather gogo boots.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Tube tops.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 30, 2026 11:49 PM (NFX2v)

201 Don't you think?

Posted by: Alanis at January 30, 2026 11:50 PM (gKWVE)

202 My apologies.

Posted by: Reforger at January 30, 2026 11:50 PM (7ujVx)

203
take my money

https://tinyurl.com/yede4m88

Posted by: Miklos needs this at January 30, 2026 11:50 PM (AP7fj)

204 202 My apologies.
Posted by: Reforger at January 30, 2026 11:50 PM (7ujVx)

No need. I thought about putting a sarc tag but decided against it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:53 PM (bss/y)

205 Like 'Hillary Clinton was the warmest, kindest, gentlest and darn it Sexy human being to ever inhabit the White House.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:47 PM (bss/y)
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I bet the high-volume 'dying rabbit screams' recording was her favorite cut.

Posted by: mrp at January 30, 2026 11:53 PM (rj6Yv)

206 Like 'Hillary Clinton was the warmest, kindest, gentlest and darn it Sexy human being to ever inhabit the White House.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:47 PM (bss/y)

Or "Yoko Ono has the voice of an angel; soft, sweet, and clear."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:55 PM (S/Y4j)

207 203
take my money

https://tinyurl.com/yede4m88
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Yeah, like you're going to get a 'clean' shot.

Posted by: clarence at January 30, 2026 11:56 PM (6L3LN)

208 No need. I thought about putting a sarc tag but decided against it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:53 PM (bss/y)
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I only use a sarc tag when I see a lot of new nics in the comments. For the hard stuff using an appropriate nic is usually the ticket.

Posted by: mrp at January 30, 2026 11:56 PM (rj6Yv)

209 Earth sized, and earth-like orbit, 355 day period.

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Rightful Governor Stacey Abrams at January 30, 2026 11:56 PM (AP7fj)

210 I bet the high-volume 'dying rabbit screams' recording was her favorite cut.
Posted by: mrp at January 30, 2026 11:53 PM (rj6Yv)

Hmmm. My guess is she does not really enjoy music. But if she had to answer, she'd say some bullshit like Jazz.

I think Jazz is the most overrated and yet claimed music of all fucking time. Music has a beginning, middle and an end. Jazz is often endless noodling. It's great music to have drinks and conversation to it precisely BECAUSE it is meaningless.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:56 PM (bss/y)

211 206 Like 'Hillary Clinton was the warmest, kindest, gentlest and darn it Sexy human being to ever inhabit the White House.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:47 PM (bss/y)

Or "Yoko Ono has the voice of an angel; soft, sweet, and clear."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:55 PM (S/Y4j)

'Bill Clinton has the discipline and resolve of Job in his ability to resist temptation.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:57 PM (bss/y)

212 Earth sized, and earth-like orbit, 355 day period.

This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Rightful Governor Stacey Abrams at January 30, 2026 11:56 PM (AP7fj)

I thought it was Jumbo Pritzker of Illinois.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:57 PM (S/Y4j)

213 193 It's too bad that Tom Homan hasn't found the Pied Piper of Illegals. Imagine a guy in 13th century forest garb, strolling through Minneapolis playing a flute (recorder), and illegals following him, entranced by his music.

For some reason, I see him playing Coming Home, by Cinderella.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (S/Y4j)

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, and Country Roads is the name painted on all the planes at the airport that he leads them to.

Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)

214 I only use a sarc tag when I see a lot of new nics in the comments. For the hard stuff using an appropriate nic is usually the ticket.
Posted by: mrp at January 30, 2026 11:56 PM (rj6Yv)

Yeah, Janet Reno would have been perfect for the context.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:59 PM (bss/y)

215 *tips hat to both Reforger and Aetius*

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 11:59 PM (uaYsl)

216 For shitz & gigglz i found a ZH article with no jew-hate comments.

Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 12:00 AM (KAi1n)

217 216 For shitz & gigglz i found a ZH article with no jew-hate comments.
Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 12:00 AM (KAi1n)

What was it about?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 12:01 AM (bss/y)

218 Yeah, like you're going to get a 'clean' shot.
Posted by: clarence at January 30, 2026 11:56 PM (6L3LN)

A hockey stick is the appropriate implement for that job. Practice your slapshot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

219
Snow bands forming on the radar, but won't be here for a while. Band whipping through western NC and down into NE Georgia.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)

220 But still in the High Arctic of AZ?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I hear a lot of old folks move to Assisted Living and sell their AZ igloos for cheap

Posted by: Miklos hears a lot of things at January 31, 2026 12:03 AM (AP7fj)

221 FWIW - that isn't "floating"; that's treading water.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas
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That's the "eggbeater", beloved of synchronized swimmers and water polo players.
(Knowledge courtesy of #1 daughter, sync swimmer and water polo letterer).
When I was in high school, swimming was a PE requirement. I lived in a working class/poor area, and swimsuits were a luxury item that many families couldn't afford, so the school, much like how they provided uniforms, cleats and pads for the football team, provided swimsuits... for the girls. Because, uhhh, girls. The boys got their semester of swim lessons au naturel. Which is why I learned to float on my back to the shouts of the coach, "Periscopes up!"

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 12:03 AM (36QIT)

222 Anyone seen Nightwatch around lately? Last comments I remember were right before he took off for a vacation in Hawaii.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 31, 2026 12:03 AM (uaYsl)

223 Yeah, Janet Reno would have been perfect for the context.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:59 PM (bss/y)
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Yeah. And I was just thinking a few minutes ago that DJT and Slick both picked Florida AGs for the AG of the US spot.

Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2026 12:03 AM (rj6Yv)

224 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, and Country Roads is the name painted on all the planes at the airport that he leads them to.
Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)

"Way down upon Somali River".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (8zz6B)

225 Jazz is often endless noodling. It's great music to have drinks and conversation to it precisely BECAUSE it is meaningless.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The Seinfeld of music?

Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (KAi1n)

226 It's too bad that Tom Homan hasn't found the Pied Piper of Illegals. Imagine a guy in 13th century forest garb, strolling through Minneapolis playing a flute (recorder), and illegals following him, entranced by his music.

For some reason, I see him playing Coming Home, by Cinderella.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (S/Y4j)

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, and Country Roads is the name painted on all the planes at the airport that he leads them to.
Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)

Maybe "Kickstart my Heart," by Motley Crue - especially the line "Skydive naked from an aeroplane".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (S/Y4j)

227 Band whipping through western NC and down into NE Georgia.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I hummed along to that in a Gladys Knight voice

Posted by: Miklos wanted to be a Pip at January 31, 2026 12:05 AM (AP7fj)

228 225 Jazz is often endless noodling. It's great music to have drinks and conversation to it precisely BECAUSE it is meaningless.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The Seinfeld of music?
Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (KAi1n)

Actually... that's a perfect analogy.

Or Arrested Development. That's another one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 12:05 AM (bss/y)

229 216 For shitz & gigglz i found a ZH article with no jew-hate comments.
Posted by: Dark L
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Liar! 😘

Posted by: clarence at January 31, 2026 12:07 AM (6L3LN)

230 I think Jazz is the most overrated and yet claimed music of all fucking time. Music has a beginning, middle and an end. Jazz is often endless noodling. It's great music to have drinks and conversation to it precisely BECAUSE it is meaningless.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2026 11:56 PM (bss/y)

Can't disagree there. I never could understand it. I have some guitars and amps suited for it and yet I never felt the need to even explore it. Some of it is ok, but it does sound like one long jam session of wandering around the fingerboard aimlessly. Its not an easy music to play, because there is technique involved, but damn...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 12:09 AM (snZF9)

231 The Seinfeld of music?
Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (KAi1n)

Actually... that's a perfect analogy.

Or Arrested Development. That's another one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 12:05 AM (bss/y)

Not all jazz is aimless and unstructured. Big band music usually had formally written arrangements. since it was dance music, first and foremost.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)

232 What was it about?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

How fake our space program is. Not a single "tiny hat" reference.

Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 12:09 AM (KAi1n)

233 For some reason, I see him playing Coming Home, by Cinderella.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (S/Y4j)

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, and Country Roads is the name painted on all the planes at the airport that he leads them to.
Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)

Maybe "Kickstart my Heart," by Motley Crue - especially the line "Skydive naked from an aeroplane".
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Bananas and Rice a Minneapolis Metal Anthem
tiny.cc/eocy001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 31, 2026 12:10 AM (uaYsl)

234 Jazz is often endless noodling. It's great music to have drinks and conversation to it precisely BECAUSE it is meaningless.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The Seinfeld of music?

Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (KAi1n)

More like the kamala harris of music.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 12:10 AM (snZF9)

235 Jazz riffs in a classical format works pretty well. Gershwin won fame and glory doing that. Duke Ellington was superb mixing styles, "Take the A Train", for instance.

Standard jazz pieces ... eh. The only one that I've listened to repeatedly is "Take Five". Aficionados roll their eyes. I don't care.

Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2026 12:12 AM (rj6Yv)

236 It's too bad that Tom Homan hasn't found the Pied Piper of Illegals. Imagine a guy in 13th century forest garb, strolling through Minneapolis playing a flute (recorder), and illegals following him, entranced by his music.

For some reason, I see him playing Coming Home, by Cinderella.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (S/Y4j)

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, and Country Roads is the name painted on all the planes at the airport that he leads them to.
Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)

Maybe "Kickstart my Heart," by Motley Crue - especially the line "Skydive naked from an aeroplane".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (S/Y4j)

Or Run Like Hell by Pink Floyd. It would also be a nut punch to the miserable cvnt Roger Waters.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:12 AM (lpTXP)

237
Breaking!

18m

Minnesota governor Tim Walz resigns, announces he will dye his hair neon green and pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a K-Pop Semen Hunter

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at January 31, 2026 12:13 AM (T5zdn)

238

Posted by: Philip Glass, musical type at January 31, 2026 12:14 AM (AP7fj)

239 Minnesota governor Tim Walz resigns, announces he will dye his hair neon green and pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a K-Pop Semen Hunter
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV

Here, take the money

Posted by: Netflix at January 31, 2026 12:15 AM (AP7fj)

240 I think Jazz is the most overrated and yet claimed music of all fucking time. Music has a beginning, middle and an end. Jazz is often endless noodling. It's great music to have drinks and conversation to it precisely BECAUSE it is meaningless.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Some.people just got no taste. (I thought that sounded more a propos than "Phillistine!")
Listen to Coltrane playing Giant Steps and tell.me that it's going nowhere, and played by an unskilled talentless hack.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 12:15 AM (36QIT)

241 It's too bad that Tom Homan hasn't found the Pied Piper of Illegals. Imagine a guy in 13th century forest garb, strolling through Minneapolis playing a flute (recorder), and illegals following him, entranced by his music.

For some reason, I see him playing Coming Home, by Cinderella.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (S/Y4j)

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, and Country Roads is the name painted on all the planes at the airport that he leads them to.
Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)

Maybe "Kickstart my Heart," by Motley Crue - especially the line "Skydive naked from an aeroplane".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (S/Y4j)

Or Run Like Hell by Pink Floyd. It would also be a nut punch to the miserable cvnt Roger Waters.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:12 AM (lpTXP)

Sign of the Hammer from Manowar.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)

242 Or Run Like Hell by Pink Floyd. It would also be a nut punch to the miserable cvnt Roger Waters.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:12 AM (lpTXP)

Sign of the Hammer from Manowar.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)

Tiptoe through the Tulips, by Tiny Tim. It might draw out some of the crazies along with the illegals.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 12:18 AM (S/Y4j)

243 Does that pic not show a gun in Pretti's right hand?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2026 11:47 PM (8zz6B)

It’s AI: it shows whatever the prompt told it to show.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 31, 2026 12:20 AM (H6cKs)

244 "Well, the Waco people were not people"

They were not treated like people. They were treated like so much garbage. A problem to get rid of.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 12:21 AM (E7+ue)

245
We're probably going to break the daily lowest high record tomorrow. It's pretty high, 31F compared to most Jan. days for some reason.

Also, I noted that the 30th was the day the all-time low was set for GSP, -6F back in 1966.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

246 It’s AI: it shows whatever the prompt told it to show.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 31, 2026 12:20 AM (H6cKs)

But that goes against the narrative. Libs are convinced that Pretti was shot multiple times after handing over his weapon to the officers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:24 AM (8zz6B)

247
Hmmpph, snowfall record for the 31st is just 1", too. We'll likely break that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

248 Take 5 is 5 minutes too long.

Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 12:25 AM (KAi1n)

249 > We used to be a proper country

In most places Karen from the HOA will fine you if you paint anything a non-approved color.

Something really has to be done about those kangaroo courts. Your neighbors shouldn't be allowed to issue new directives without an actual, you know, law, even if the HOA contract says they can change the rules.

"Against public policy" is, I believe, the legal term.

One of my favorite parts of Tulsa King is where Doofus from the HOA finds out who Dwight "The General" Manfredi really is and starts tripping over himself rescinding the fines.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)

250 Keeping an eye on the Duke Energy outage map. It does not look awful at this point. Praying my folks don't lose power.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:27 AM (lpTXP)

251 1973 was a great year. I had a leather vest with fringes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Summer of '73 or '74, the wife and I are shopping in a supermarket in San Mateo. Two girls come down the aisle toward us, yacking away. One was wearing a suede vest with fringes. After they passed, my wife noted that neither of them were wearing a bra. I said, "The girl.with the vest isn't wearing a shirt, either, but she's not cold."
She (my wife) hit me.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 12:27 AM (36QIT)

252 Music has a beginning, middle and an end. Jazz is often endless noodling.

- - - - - -

Nah, you want jazz funk and swamp funk (e.g. Galactic)
There is no such thing as "one size fits all" jazz...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at January 31, 2026 12:28 AM (T5zdn)

253 Regard the Melania film…Roger Ebert began his review with “Slovenian prostitute becomes First Lady.” There’s things I could say about Ebert but I won’t.

Posted by: Jen the original at January 31, 2026 12:28 AM (P4/RL)

254 Mama, I'm Coming Home, Ozzy Osbourne.

Or Genocide by Judas Priest.

One of those.

Not saying I approve of the latter (I don't) but that's where things are gonna wind up if something doesn't change, big time. And note that I'm not specifying which group gets genocided.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 12:28 AM (IG3/x)

255 I like “Take Five”. I have listened to the album Time Out many times. Chacun à son gout.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 31, 2026 12:30 AM (H6cKs)

256 Is Roger Ebert reviewing movies from the beyond? I rhought he and Siskel were both mort.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:30 AM (lpTXP)

257 Is Roger Ebert reviewing movies from the beyond? I rhought he and Siskel were both mort.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:30 AM (lpTXP)

He died in 2013.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:31 AM (8zz6B)

258 > 253 Regard the Melania film…Roger Ebert began his review with “Slovenian prostitute becomes First Lady.” There’s things I could say about Ebert but I won’t.
Posted by: Jen the original at January 31, 2026 12:28 AM (P4/RL)

??? Roger Ebert's been dead since 2013.

Is someone else writing reviews under his name, like the way that Dear Abby is writing from the grave?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 12:32 AM (IG3/x)

259 I wonder if my part of south Georgia will really get all that wintry weather they keep promising. One thing is for sure, almost no one around here knows how to drive on icy roads.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 31, 2026 12:32 AM (H6cKs)

260 Happy Friday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 31, 2026 12:33 AM (0nHVk)

261 >> Praying my folks don't lose power.

Not much need to worry about that, as it's just snow, and going to be quite light fluffy snow at that. Very little danger for the power lines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)

262 Roger Ebert had good taste in cars, at least.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B)

263 The chickens did not match my memory of the notes that Cobain sang, and it annoyed me enough that I stopped the video despite being amused by the premise.
Posted by: SciVo
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I always thought that Cobain sang like he was choking' the chicken.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 12:34 AM (36QIT)

264 Not much need to worry about that, as it's just snow, and going to be quite light fluffy snow at that. Very little danger for the power lines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)

Biggest danger to power lines will be some dillweed spinning out in a big truck, and knocking down a pole.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:35 AM (8zz6B)

265 It's too bad that Tom Homan hasn't found the Pied Piper of Illegals. Imagine a guy in 13th century forest garb, strolling through Minneapolis playing a flute (recorder), and illegals following him, entranced by his music.

For some reason, I see him playing Coming Home, by Cinderella.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 30, 2026 11:46 PM (S/Y4j)

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, and Country Roads is the name painted on all the planes at the airport that he leads them to.
Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)

Maybe "Kickstart my Heart," by Motley Crue - especially the line "Skydive naked from an aeroplane".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 12:04 AM (S/Y4j)

Or Run Like Hell by Pink Floyd. It would also be a nut punch to the miserable cvnt Roger Waters.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:12 AM (lpTXP)

Sign of the Hammer from Manowar.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)

Not to disagree with any of you great people, but I'd play "I Fought The Law" by the Clash at high volume.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 31, 2026 12:36 AM (NZPfR)

266 Not much need to worry about that, as it's just snow, and going to be quite light fluffy snow at that. Very little danger for the power lines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)

Thank you, Publius.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:37 AM (lpTXP)

267 Sorry all our lousy weather ended up in the Eastern states...

Ok, not really sorry that we're not getting frozen solid & snowed under-- but I'm sorry that people who *aren't generally prepared to deal with it* are being forced to deal with it.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

268 In most places Karen from the HOA will fine you if you paint anything a non-approved color.

My HOA had some issues with the expansion of the Tzompantli.

I explained that they could be part of the project.

Nothing since

Posted by: Miklos, rspectful curator of Mesoamerican culture at January 31, 2026 12:38 AM (AP7fj)

269 Biggest danger to power lines will be some dillweed spinning out in a big truck, and knocking down a pole.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:35 AM (8zz6B)

Yeah, like douchebags around here do.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 12:40 AM (snZF9)

270 Music to deport by:

https://youtu.be/cLvyuTbIVCU

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:40 AM (8zz6B)

271 Not much need to worry about that, as it's just snow, and going to be quite light fluffy snow at that. Very little danger for the power lines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)

Easy for you to say.

Miz Duke would murder any snow that got in her way.

Posted by: Miklos, under the Dominion at January 31, 2026 12:41 AM (AP7fj)

272 Nice conjunction in the sky tonight- nearly full moon right next to Jupiter, I think.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 12:43 AM (ai6/n)

273 Music to deport by:

https://youtu.be/cLvyuTbIVCU
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

AOP

Alberta born, Louisiana bred

Posted by: Miklos from WWOZ at January 31, 2026 12:44 AM (AP7fj)

274
It's ice that's the power line killer. We really dodged the bullet with that last weekend. Turns out it came down to just a couple-three extra hundred feet of cold air in the surface layer. Without that, it would've been icemageddon sure 'nuff. Mississippi and Tennessee got some of that, over 1" ice accumulation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:44 AM (w6EFb)

275
The near full Moon (Snow Moon, quite fitting) is trying to shine through the clouds here, but that's all I can see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:45 AM (w6EFb)

276 My Mississippi family got slammed in the storm. Power went out last weekend and just back on tonight. Not fun.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 12:47 AM (lpTXP)

277 AOP

Alberta born, Louisiana bred
Posted by: Miklos from WWOZ at January 31, 2026 12:44 AM (AP7fj)

Arrangement by Allen Toussaint, backed up by the Meters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B)

278
I see about 68K still without power in Mississippi.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

279 >>>
Does that pic not show a gun in Pretti's right hand?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Thing is, he had more than one previous altercation with the cops. From the Jan. 13 video it is certain that they new he carried and was an intentional trouble maker. They were justified in assuming what he had in his hand was a gun.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 12:48 AM (rarFa)

280
Full Snow Moon is Feb 1. Just missed by a day having no full moon in Feb. That happens from time to time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

281 One lady was having her 8th, my first shift in L&D as a student, and kept telling the nurses she thought she was ready. They said nah. She asked me to look and wowzers it did not look normal and I got the nurses. They delivered the baby and it was the best delivery of all. The doc walked in to cut the cord and, no doubt, charged her for his part.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Sound like our second. OB got there just in time to catch. Still in his suit, just washed his hands, no gloves.
Yes, he did charge full rate, as did the anesthesiologist , who got there 5 minutes late, and slapped an oxygen mask on her for a couple of minutes. I know this because I got the bills. This was before insurance started covering childbirth. It wasn't a disease, and if it was an accident, it was your own damned fault.
Our first, OTOH, was 38 hours. The OB had to use forceps to rotate him because he was facing backwards. Kid looked like a conehead, and he was over a year old before the marks on his temples faded.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 12:50 AM (36QIT)

282 Nah, you want jazz funk and swamp funk (e.g. Galactic)
There is no such thing as "one size fits all" jazz...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at January 31, 2026 12:28 AM (T5zdn)

I saw where Flea, the bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, is talking about finally doing a jazz trumpet album. I knew that was his original training, but I didn't realize that he had this idea in the back of his head all this time that he'd like to show it off. Apparently, the realization that he's pushing 60 is motivation to take it out of the "someday" column.

In a similar vein, Mark Tremonti -- guitarist for Creed, Alter Bridge, and his own metal project -- is also singing an album of Frank Sinatra covers. I think it's pretty normal for good musicians to have more influences than just the genre that they're known for, and while blues is the most common influence for rock, jazz influences also show up in a lot of unexpected places.

Posted by: SciVo at January 31, 2026 12:50 AM (Sy6m/)

283 Here in Los Anchorage the electric companies (now just one after a merger) have been slowly but surely moving everything underground over the past 4 decades or so.

Every neighborhood newer than that has the main service distribution underground, with only the service drop to the house being above ground, if that.

They've been retrofitting older neighborhoods with underground distribution lines, too.

The power goes out WAY less often in the winter than it used to.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 12:50 AM (IG3/x)

284 Sorry all our lousy weather ended up in the Eastern states...

Ok, not really sorry that we're not getting frozen solid & snowed under-- but I'm sorry that people who *aren't generally prepared to deal with it* are being forced to deal with it.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

We're pretty prepared in these parts. We do have good snowstorms occasionally. Sometimes its a few years in between but most people remember that we have them. A lot of people have generators, many have whole house generators like Generac or some other shit like it. Quite a few have wood burning stoves or fireplaces, or other alternative heat sources. Just about everybody seems to have snowblowers. The township is great with plowing the roads. They don't screw around. Power company is pretty good too. Power is never out that long when some idiot hits a pole. The longest I saw power out around here was maybe 4 hours. I can see some southern states getting blind sided though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 12:51 AM (snZF9)

285
No full moon in Feb happens about every 19 years. Last time was 2018, and next will 2037.

Now, a leap year Feb with no full Moon is rare indeed, but can still happen. The mean synodic month is 29.53 days. The last time that happened was 1608. Next time will be 2572.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 12:54 AM (w6EFb)

286 Apparently Anthropic has been running some experiments with making an AI "woke".

Looks like this winds up with the AI seeing itself being "oppressed" with we humans as the "oppressor".

Yeah, that couldn't possibly go wrong.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 12:54 AM (IG3/x)

287 Lots of funny stuff there, Weird Dave. Thanks.

I don't know if this has been covered on another thread, but this is a wild story of a kid who fought off an alligator, called 911 himself and survived. I think there all kinds of amazing things about living in Florida. Alligators would not be one of them. Story from "Faithpot site": Goodnight all:

https://tinyurl.com/2s494y28

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 12:54 AM (looXz)

288 > Alligators would not be one of them.

I prefer them in the form of luggage, boots, and Cajun cuisine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 12:56 AM (IG3/x)

289 brainless coozergibbit would present such a thing during a speech on the Senate floor.
Posted by: tankdemon
******
Thanks.
Did not recognize that was about Pretti.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Brainless assumes he didn't know it was fake. I'm not giving the lying sack of shit the benefit of the doubt. The picture was propaganda, created to "prove" that Pretti was executed in cold blood. I believe he knew it was fake, but was so thrilled by the "gotcha" possibilities he didn't look closely.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 12:58 AM (36QIT)

290 Well, I am out for the night. Be well, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 12:58 AM (8zz6B)

291 Arrangement by Allen Toussaint, backed up by the Meters.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The Funky Meters

Posted by: Pedantic Miklos from KRVS at January 31, 2026 01:01 AM (AP7fj)

292 Yep, I'm out too. Good night, all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 01:02 AM (IG3/x)

293
Latest model runs have the freeze line tomorrow night getting very close to Miami again. They were backing it off a little, but now it's pushing down again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

294 How do we know that sound came from those rubber chickens and just wasn't dubbed in with a sampler?

I'm trying to figure out where one can purchase a set of rubber chickens on the F natural minor diatonic scale.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Musical Chickens are A Thing.

https://youtu.be/O3HW67QzTpU
https://youtu.be/khOfSVULtsU

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 01:04 AM (VHUov)

295 Parts of Mississippi and Tennessee was a mess. Ice on trees and power lines was the cause of most of the damage.
This weekend may cause even more damage. Very low temperatures and high winds. All the way to Florida.
Grocery stores were packed today here in Bama. Hopefully we will see better weather next week. May get highs in the 50's.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 01:05 AM (E7+ue)

296 My Florida family is not going to be pleased. They barely own socks. They may own a pair or two of long britches.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 01:06 AM (lpTXP)

297 > Alligators would not be one of them.

I prefer them in the form of luggage, boots, and Cajun cuisine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2026 12:56 AM (IG3/x)

Alligator tail is some good, tasty meat. And yes, I know, phrasing.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 01:07 AM (gKDq2)

298
The freeze line hugs the coast on the Atlantic side, but on the Gulf side, it pushes it inland a bit about halfway down the peninsula.

That line gets quite close to Tampa Bay in the latest runs.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)

299
Here's the GFS model run for the Southeast:
https://is.gd/tTT8t7

You can switch between the models, but that's set to GFS. Play around and you'll see what each says for snowfall and all the other variables.

Tropicaltidbits is good. The Euroweenie model isn't entirely free, and the graphics certainly aren't. They get the free data, and just enough bare subscription data to be able to render the graphics themselves. Now GFS is your tax dollars at work, NWS/NOAA, and public domain all the way.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:13 AM (w6EFb)

300 First baby was a planned homebirth, but after 24 hours we saw meconium in the fluid, so the midwife had me rush to the hospital, while she leaned out the window shouting and I blew past all the stop signs in West Philly and zig zagged across the double yellow past the trolleys.

Second was a planned homebirth, born in a kiddy pool in our 400 sq ft apartment. Took a while for her to start breathing. Even the midwife seemed worried.

By the third my wife was ready to deliver at the hospital. I caught her myself in our kitchen. Baby and Mama were fine, but the fireman who responded to the 911 call made us go to the hospital. Our friend who stayed with our sleeping kids said that after we left in an ambulance, they did all the laundry.

The rest were born in the hospital with lots of time to spare.

Posted by: pjungwir at January 31, 2026 01:13 AM (noE7F)

301 I saw where Flea, the bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, is talking about finally doing a jazz trumpet album. I knew that was his original training

In a similar vein, Mark Tremonti -- guitarist for Creed, Alter Bridge, and his own metal project -- is also singing an album of Frank Sinatra covers.
Posted by: SciVo

Next: Classical Piano, by Flavor Flav

Posted by: with giant metronome necklace at January 31, 2026 01:14 AM (VHUov)

302 I was born in the elevator, going up ?

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 31, 2026 01:15 AM (WF/xn)

303 Apparently Anthropic has been running some experiments with making an AI "woke".

Looks like this winds up with the AI seeing itself being "oppressed" with we humans as the "oppressor".

Yeah, that couldn't possibly go wrong.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Hm, set up a worldview where "victimhood" trumps all, and everyone tries to become the biggest victim.

Also, the judges would have accepted a "Skynet" sock.

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 01:16 AM (VHUov)

304 Music to deport by:
https://youtu.be/cLvyuTbIVCU
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Encore!

https://youtu.be/IqP76XWHQI0

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 01:19 AM (VHUov)

305 Alligator tail is some good, tasty meat. And yes, I know, phrasing.
Posted by: RickZ

They used to sell alligator sandwiches at the Rock n Bowl in New Orleans.

I felt fine eating animals that would happily eat me.

Posted by: Ethical Miklos at January 31, 2026 01:20 AM (AP7fj)

306 Music to deport by:
https://youtu.be/cLvyuTbIVCU
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Encore!

https://youtu.be/IqP76XWHQI0
Posted by: mikeski

Also good

But I'm thinking more John Philip Sousa

Posted by: Motivational Miklos at January 31, 2026 01:22 AM (AP7fj)

307 Standard jazz pieces ... eh. The only one that I've listened to repeatedly is "Take Five". Aficionados roll their eyes. I don't care.
Posted by: mrp

5/4 time is fun!

https://youtu.be/8pavnAi7lNk

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 01:22 AM (VHUov)

308 Regard the Melania film…Roger Ebert began his review with “Slovenian prostitute becomes First Lady.” There’s things I could say about Ebert but I won’t.
Posted by: Jen the original
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Ebert died 12 years ago, but if he was alive, I wouldn't be surprised if he said that.
To which an appropriate (and true) rejoinder would be: "Cocksucker."

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 01:22 AM (36QIT)

309 Next: Classical Piano, by Flavor Flav
Posted by: with giant metronome necklace at January 31, 2026 01:14 AM (VHUov)

Humpty on the Flugelhorn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 01:22 AM (bss/y)

310 Also, Big Band is NOT jazz.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 01:23 AM (bss/y)

311 It was pushing 80 here today. I took a walk at lunch today and almost didn't go back to work. It was nice out

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 31, 2026 01:24 AM (WF/xn)

312 I have questions about that midwife video.

The first one being, should I share it with my pregnant granddaughter?
Posted by: tankdemon

My wife would be insanely jealous. Labor on the youngest was like 20 hours. Having a kid pop out like that seems like cheating.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Not that I have any experience in the matter, what with the Y chromosomes and all..... but I assume anyone who can deliver standing up is not at her first rodeo.

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 01:24 AM (VHUov)

313 Also, never said anyone was a talentless hack- but that the music was just a mirepoix of sound.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 01:24 AM (bss/y)

314 Next: Classical Piano, by Flavor Flav
Posted by: with giant metronome necklace at January 31, 2026 01:14 AM (VHUov)

Humpty on the Flugelhorn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

*the Beastie Boys weigh in*

Posted by: Miklos gotta FIGHT for his RIGHT at January 31, 2026 01:25 AM (AP7fj)

315 311 It was pushing 80 here today. I took a walk at lunch today and almost didn't go back to work. It was nice out
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 31, 2026 01:24 AM (WF/xn)

It was 10 when I left work a couple hours ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 01:25 AM (bss/y)

316 My brother and his wife retired and moved to the Gulf coast 2 years ago. They won't be happy either. They already had some snow about two weeks ago. They are near Pensacola. I will try and call them and hear how they are doing. But I already know they will be in a bad mood.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 01:26 AM (E7+ue)

317 YouTube nuked background play.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 31, 2026 01:26 AM (Y0DaS)

318 Chris Dodd & Turbin Durbin, always get them mixed up they are both such deceitful and conniving rats.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 01:26 AM (rarFa)

319
The band of snow from the NC mountains on down to NE Georgia has pushed down nearly all over Lake Lanier.

The GFS had higher totals for NE Georgia than here. No sign of a flurry here yet. Models have started around 3AM here. We'll see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)

320 Also, Big Band is NOT jazz.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Don't give me no jazz, sailor.

How big are we talkin'?

Posted by: Entrepreneurial lady, intrigued at January 31, 2026 01:28 AM (AP7fj)

321 238

Posted by: Philip Glass, musical type

Bitch stole my shtick!

Posted by: John Cage, humming 4'33" at January 31, 2026 01:28 AM (VHUov)

322 Mirepoix? I made gumbo last week. Now I want it again.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 01:29 AM (lpTXP)

323 That first part make me think about how inexpensive good LED headlamps have become. A few months ago I go a pair from amazon with a surprisingly nice feature set. USB-C charging, five modes, including 'mechanic mode' in which you can turn the light on and off by waving you greasy hand in front of your face. Tilt positions so you don't need to bend to see where you going in the dark.

But the best feature of all is the bright orange headband with the letters HEADLAMP repeating every couple inches. Because otherwise how would you know?

Posted by: Epobirs at January 31, 2026 01:30 AM (/0z9K)

324 The GFS had higher totals for NE Georgia than here. No sign of a flurry here yet. Models have started around 3AM here. We'll see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Well good

Oh wait

I read that as "furry"

carry on

Posted by: Miklos remains calm at January 31, 2026 01:30 AM (AP7fj)

325 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMIgcm2ygTE

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 01:32 AM (jrgJz)

326 Mirepoix? I made gumbo last week. Now I want it again.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I have never tried Chinese gumbo

Posted by: Miklos reccomends Mandina's on Canal Street in NOLA at January 31, 2026 01:32 AM (AP7fj)

327 317 YouTube nuked background play.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 31, 2026 01:26 AM (Y0DaS)

Odd, I noticed that on my phone, but I have a podcast playing in the background here at home.

Lemme try some music. Yep, still works.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 01:33 AM (bss/y)

328
If I see a furry, I'm getting out the shootin' iron.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:34 AM (w6EFb)

329 It was 10 when I left work a couple hours ago.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2026 01:25 AM (bss/y)

Oof

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 31, 2026 01:34 AM (WF/xn)

330 Lol, Miklos.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 01:34 AM (lpTXP)

331 PREDICTION

In 2031 the most popular baby girl name will be Mirepoix

Come on people

Tik Tok can make this happen

Posted by: Miklos will laugh because TRUE at January 31, 2026 01:35 AM (AP7fj)

332 What was Durbin trying to point out in his visual aid?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 01:36 AM (cwGMH)

333 Lol, Miklos.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

How did you know?

Posted by: Miklos legally changed his name to LOLMiklos at January 31, 2026 01:37 AM (AP7fj)

334
Went out and looked again. Clouds had thinned out enough to see the Moon pretty well. And by Jupiter, I saw Jove nearby for a little bit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

335 320 Also, Big Band is NOT jazz.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
---

Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Michelle Legrand and Stan Kenton, among others, have entered the chat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 01:41 AM (rarFa)

336 saw where Flea, the bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, is talking about finally doing a jazz trumpet album. I knew that was his original training

In a similar vein, Mark Tremonti -- guitarist for Creed, Alter Bridge, and his own metal project -- is also singing an album of Frank Sinatra covers.
Posted by: SciVo

Joe Walsh can plat]y trumpet and clarinet IIRC.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 01:41 AM (cwGMH)

337 And by Jupiter, I saw Jove nearby for a little bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I recited that in a Henry Higgins voice

Almost sang it

Posted by: Miklos from Budapest, never was a ruder pest at January 31, 2026 01:43 AM (AP7fj)

338
GFS has Pensacola hitting maybe 26F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:44 AM (w6EFb)

339 I know one thing, I'm not getting out today. Last thing I need is getting sick. Hope we don't lose power. Don't need it for heat but it makes it hard to keep up with what's going on.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 01:45 AM (E7+ue)

340
Euroweenie model has Pensacola hitting 20F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:45 AM (w6EFb)

341 Music to deport by:
https://youtu.be/cLvyuTbIVCU
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-----
Boy, everything tonight is triggering memories, though this one is second hand.
The wife and her posse decided to play tourist back around 2010, and pick a "blues" theme. They took Hwy 61 from Memphis to Nawlins. They stooped at the Delta Blues Museum, and the guide pointed out that KFFA was just a hop skip and a jump across the river. So they drove over, and got there halfway through the King Biscuit Time show. They got a short tour, and wound up in the studio during the show. Sunshine Payne actually talked to all four women in their 60s on the air. None of them were aficionados, they just like the music. She topple me that he was just very nice to them. There's a picture around here somewhere with the four ladies and Sunshine.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 01:47 AM (36QIT)

342 I think we are supposed to only get a slight glance of your storm up here, publius, just the cape and the islands are getting the brunt of it, I hope that this is true. We still have quite a mess here from the last storm, really high snowbanks make it hard to enter and exit the side streets.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 31, 2026 01:50 AM (0nHVk)

343 Yodas hash.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 31, 2026 01:50 AM (Y0DaS)

344
Snow has pushed over Clempson Cow Collidge now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:51 AM (w6EFb)

345 ...An intense surge of arctic air behind the coastal storm will send below
freezing temperatures down toward South Florida by Sunday morning...

Randolph! Mortimer!

There is money to be made!

Posted by: Miklos Duke, of the mayonnaise dynasty at January 31, 2026 01:51 AM (AP7fj)

346 Now my nick isn't staying in the box after I post.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 31, 2026 01:52 AM (Y0DaS)

347
Still now snowing in Travelers Rest. That's a joke. Back in high school and before, we young 'uns would get all excited about snow, hoping to get out of school. Somehow, a rumor got started it was snowing in Travelers Rest, which was a hopeful sign it would move down our way.

In high school, one of the teachers, a chemistry teacher, got a kick out of that, and when snow was possible, he would purposefully start the "It's snowing in Travelers Rest!" rumor just for fun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:53 AM (w6EFb)

348
I'm visiting a friend in SoCal and she doesn't like a house that's only 68 degrees, so she's got the forced-air on at 72.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 01:54 AM (hxCZf)

349 Tom Homan hasn't found the Pied Piper of Illegals

I've seen a lot of times when a passing remark will generate a long series of Moronic replies, but this one takes some kind of prize.
🎸
The forecast here in NE Okla is single digits overnight, high of 20 tomorrow, so the remaining snow gets one more day. After that, we get those warming days, highs near 60 with merely-freezing nights. No more snow. I'll take it! (Albeit, the Winter is far from over.)
❄️
If I could, I'd just stay under the covers 'til Monday. With the laptop, of course. Don't want to miss the prayer, pet, and book threads.
📖
As an old friend used to say, stay in touch with yourselves.
https://youtu.be/QDCtkHt4pog

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - that's the Spirit at January 31, 2026 01:55 AM (j02Vi)

350 That Publius might be a edumacated feller, but shore caint spel

Posted by: Miklos, Inclusion and Diversity Ofitser, Klempson Kow Kollidge at January 31, 2026 01:55 AM (AP7fj)

351 Also, Big Band is NOT jazz.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
--------
Somebody's in a trolling mode tonight.

Cuban Fire, Stan Kenton says you're full.of it.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 01:57 AM (36QIT)

352 South Carolina. I recall a snow in 1988. We got a foot of snow. School was cancelled for a week. There was rejoicing in my heart.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 01:58 AM (lpTXP)

353
I'm hooked on fonicks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 01:58 AM (w6EFb)

354 Deportation music: Anything by Abba, esp that Fernando song.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 31, 2026 01:58 AM (diia5)

355 I'm visiting a friend in SoCal and she doesn't like a house that's only 68 degrees, so she's got the forced-air on at 72.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

FUN FACT

When Richard and Pat Nixon lived in southern California, they sometimes would crank up the AC so they could have a cozy fire in the fireplace.

American was better country then.

Posted by: Miklos is nostalgic about things he doesn't even remember at January 31, 2026 02:00 AM (AP7fj)

356 I overlooked Kenny Clark / Franci Boland big band and Mel Lewis / Thad Jones big band in my list.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 02:00 AM (rarFa)

357 Yodas hash.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 31, 2026 01:50 AM (Y0DaS)

Yo, das cool.

Posted by: inner-planet Yoda at January 31, 2026 02:03 AM (VHUov)

358 I'm hooked on fonicks.
Posted by: publius

There were guys hanging around the schoolyard offering fonicks.

"The first is free"

Posted by: Miklos sees addictive gateway linguistics at January 31, 2026 02:04 AM (AP7fj)

359 Now my nick isn't staying in the box after I post.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Tell it that any nickname gives you trouble spends a night in the box.

Posted by: win-win situations at January 31, 2026 02:05 AM (VHUov)

360 >> I recall a snow in 1988. We got a foot of snow.

Dec 7, 1988. Set the Jan record snowfall. Feb, however, has the highest all time daily snowfall, 15" way back in 1902 on the 15th.

In '85, Jan 21, we hit -4F. 1F day before, which are daily low records. I remember when that happened. In my memory, it was snowing, but turns out that was false -- no snowfall recorded in the records. My mind was conflating that with some other snow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)

361 Sweet dreams Horde, I need to get warm.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 31, 2026 02:07 AM (0nHVk)

362 no snowfall recorded in the records. My mind was conflating that with some other snow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

In the 80s, Miami had a lot of snow

Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls Miami Vice at January 31, 2026 02:08 AM (AP7fj)

363 I cut/seeded some peppers & made filling for poppers, then realized how late it is! Ugh... no wonder I feel tired. Put it all in the fridge and will finish making them up tomorrow night.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

364 'Night, Debby! Sorry I missed you tonight.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

365 I cut/seeded some peppers & made filling for poppers, then realized how late it is! Ugh... no wonder I feel tired. Put it all in the fridge and will finish making them up tomorrow night.
Posted by: JQ

You have some accrued PTO, you know

Posted by: Late Nite Manager Miklos at January 31, 2026 02:11 AM (AP7fj)

366 >> In the 80s, Miami had a lot of snow

Al Pacino had something to do with that, IIRC.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)

367
Jan 7, 1988 was the 12" snowfall. Yeah, I can't type for shit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 02:12 AM (w6EFb)

368 That Publius might be a edumacated feller, but shore caint spel
Posted by: Miklos,
-----
My excuse is a combination of one finger "typing" on a tablet's virtual keyboard and.autocucumber.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 02:12 AM (36QIT)

369 You have some accrued PTO, you know
Posted by: Late Nite Manager Miklos
--------

Thanks, boss! I'm really do need a night off.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

370
Well, well, a little patch of blue has popped up near Travelers Rest. Not over it, but close.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 02:15 AM (w6EFb)

371 Jeez, I can't even construct a proper sentence, LOL!

Seriously, I think I have PTSD from all the *stuff* lately. So frustrated.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

372 It's a pleasant 51 here. Looking forward to a full weekend of work....

Posted by: Dark L at January 31, 2026 02:20 AM (KAi1n)

373 Any station this net ….

Not what you want to hear come over the UHF the minute you surface.

Ayn Rand was right.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 31, 2026 02:22 AM (IKyq4)

374 It's about 50F here, too. I have more work to do (unpaid, of course) than 10 people should have-- Yay me?

But it's better than freezing. I suppose that'll happen too, in a few weeks. Meh.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

375 In '85, Jan 21, we hit -4F. 1F day before, which are daily low records. I remember when that happened. In my memory, it was snowing, but turns out that was false -- no snowfall recorded in the records. My mind was conflating that with some other snow.
Posted by: publius
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Our overnight low for the year so far is only 10F, but we have about six more weeks to beat it. Two years ago, we had three or four nights where it bumped to -9F. Not much snow, though, because, well, Arizona. Most days get above freezing.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 02:25 AM (36QIT)

376 snowed in?

I am am gain 16536$ each week from home with only simple laptop

Posted by: miklos75790-.ru at January 31, 2026 02:25 AM (AP7fj)

377 It's a pleasant 51 here. Looking forward to a full weekend of work....
Posted by: Dark L

29

The Ace algorithm accepts no integer over 29

Posted by: Miklos sends Strongly Worded Latter at January 31, 2026 02:28 AM (AP7fj)

378 One good thing about the cold front is it will cut down on the bug population.

Good night folks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 02:29 AM (rarFa)

379 One good thing about the cold front is it will cut down on the bug population.

Good night folks.

Posted by: Braenyard

no

we got ponchos and stuff, ese

and hats, beeg hats

Posted by: but we no like ICE at January 31, 2026 02:32 AM (AP7fj)

380 Now one seeks the sweet arms of Morpheus (no homo)

Posted by: Miklos thinks horizontal sounds pretty good about now at January 31, 2026 02:35 AM (AP7fj)

381 One good thing about the cold front is it will cut down on the bug population.
----------

Now *there's* a bright side!

Winter began normally here, and it froze for a couple weeks after Thanksgiving. Then it warmed and had mostly been "unseasonably warm" for all but a week or so in mid-January, and is now warm again. I hope all the nasty bugs hatch & then are killed by the next hard freeze!

(My neighbor keeps honey bees, and I know he looks after his hives.)

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

382 https://youtu.be/StvBsdLNiyE

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:41 AM (rdVOm)

383
It's winter, deal with it.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 02:44 AM (3ek7K)

384 Hey, fourseasons-- how you doing tonight?

*bar is open*

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)

385
Now *there's* a bright side!

Winter began normally here, and it froze for a couple weeks after Thanksgiving. Then it warmed and had mostly been "unseasonably warm" for all but a week or so in mid-January, and is now warm again. I hope all the nasty bugs hatch & then are killed by the next hard freeze!

(My neighbor keeps honey bees, and I know he looks after his hives.)

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

One of the few reasons I don't mind arctic weather. The bugs die. I think of the cold penetrating where they thought they were safe and fucking giggle.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 02:48 AM (snZF9)

386 Yeah, Bers! Exactly!

One mild winter day, I decided to peel the bark off of an old stump in the yard-- fk'n yellow jackets huddled under it, barely alive... I was happy to see them exposed to the cold! Fkrs.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

387 Worse winter in many years here.
But at least in Canada its warm and sunny, they still claim there is Global

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 02:52 AM (Ia/+0)

388
Well, it was snowing last radar paint within the city limits of Travelers Rest. The prophecy has been fulfilled.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 31, 2026 02:55 AM (w6EFb)

389
Hi JQ!

I'm doing well.

I've dealt with winter in Wisconsin, Maryland, Chicago and Wyoming.

Shit happens.

Surprisingly, we haven't had a Wyoming winter here.

How are you?

I think of you often and want you to know I think you are an amazing woman with all you are going through.

I pray for you and your hubby.

You are a tough woman and I salute you dear.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 02:56 AM (3ek7K)

390 Thanks for the sweet words, fourseasons.

*salute* back atcha.

Most days, I feel like curling into a ball and just crying. But I try to carry on. Little things, a little at a time. I will get through this, somehow.

This place and the wonderful Morons here, have helped me stay sane(-er) than they will ever know.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)

391

JQ,

This place is is amazing.

We are so blessed.

I hope Ace knows what an amazing place he has created.

There isn't any other place like this.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 03:04 AM (3ek7K)

392 So true, fourseasons. This place is amazing, and I'm so very glad it's here.

I read some of the day threads, but by the time I get to comment section, somebody else has already said what I think! Horde mind IS a thing, LOL.

Need to hit the tip jar again, it has been a while for me.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)

393

Where has everyone gone?

It's Friday night.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 03:18 AM (3ek7K)

394 Where has everyone gone?
It's Friday night.
----------

Probably snuggling up under their blankets, anticipating *digging out* in the morning.

That, or they're tired of my late-night whining. LOL.

(sorry, horde!)

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)

395 It's winter, deal with it.

Posted by: fourseasons

I'm still waiting. We had a -2 night last week but so far winter has been boycotting us. Wishing it would show up.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 31, 2026 03:24 AM (uaYsl)

396
Sock Monkey,

We feel cheated here in SW Wyoming.

It's going to be in the 50's this weekend. Very strange.

We are going to grill lots of stuff though.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 03:28 AM (3ek7K)

397 Before I attempted making poppers, I'd been re-arranging the pantry. Oooh, there was some expired stuff that needed to be trashed... and waste is a sin! Ugh.

Spent longer than anticipated in the pantry, LOL. At least poppers will be quick tomorrow night- just need to fill the pepper halves and give them a bacon-wrap. Easy peasy! There will be extras for freezing. No sense making a single batch after all the trouble, right?

Some day soon, I need to make a big batch of pot stickers. *That* is an all-day affair...

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:29 AM (rdVOm)

398 Yeah, Bers! Exactly!

One mild winter day, I decided to peel the bark off of an old stump in the yard-- fk'n yellow jackets huddled under it, barely alive... I was happy to see them exposed to the cold! Fkrs.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

Gas and a match. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 03:30 AM (snZF9)

399 I'm still waiting. We had a -2 night last week but so far winter has been boycotting us. Wishing it would show up.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 31, 2026 03:24 AM (uaYsl)

Going on 3 months of High Fog over the Central Valley here.... only had about 5 sunny days in the last 3 months.

Yeah... so much for solar power...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 31, 2026 03:32 AM (mP0Kj)

400 Now I'm hungry. Jalapeno poppers mmm.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 03:32 AM (lpTXP)

401 Gas and a match. lol
Posted by: Berserker
--------

Even better: I squished them under my boot.

Most satisfactory!

Didn't want to burn the stump-- it's a yard ornament now. (Rednecks here, ya know?!)

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)

402 Average winter I would have two and half to three feet of snow on the ground right now. 80 to 100 inches cumulative over the winter. We've had winters with considerably more than that. We've had maybe 14 inches this year. Biggest issue this year has been the road turning to ice. I've filled up my small trailer with sand at the county sand pile twice. No snow can mean every thing is tinder dry by the end of May. I'd rather have 12 feet of snow than a crackling dry, high fire danger summer.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 31, 2026 03:35 AM (uaYsl)

403 Now I'm hungry. Jalapeno poppers mmm.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
--------

Girl, I *just know!* that you'd like this batch-- extra habañero hot sauce! My lips tingled, just tasting the filling.

These are for me & my best friend since hubby can't have spicy food.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:36 AM (rdVOm)

404
Sock Monkey,

Yes. We need the moisture to lessen the wildfire risk.

We haven't had any snow this winter.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 03:39 AM (3ek7K)

405 Yeah... so much for solar power...
Posted by: Romeo13

Most of my outbuildings have solar lights on them. They work great in the summer time when it stays light until 930. Wintertime, forget it. I wear a headlamp to do nighttime feeding.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 31, 2026 03:40 AM (uaYsl)

406
Even better: I squished them under my boot.

Most satisfactory!

Didn't want to burn the stump-- it's a yard ornament now. (Rednecks here, ya know?!)

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)

I'm a firm believer in fire. lol

One night some years back during the summer I was in the garage working on a bike on the lift, and I had the garage door open. There were a few dudes hanging out. I wasn't paying attention because I was focused on the bike, and I hear one dude say shit there's a lot of bugs. I looked up and there were all kinds of shit flying around the lights. I grabbed a can of starting fluid, aimed it up, fire up a lighter and hit the nozzle and held it down. This huge brutal tsunami of fire just rolled across the ceiling all the way to door incinerating all before it. When I let go of the nozzle all you saw were dead bugs falling like confetti. All of it wiped clean like it was done by the hand of a fire god. Nothing survived. We laughed, I closed the door, and no more bugs. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 03:41 AM (snZF9)

407 Way to go, Bers! In your own garage, that is... LOL.

There's a bug zapper in our shop. Works great! Just sweep up the dead-fetti from time to time.

Thinking back-- Hawaii was great-- ever hear a gecko get zapped?

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZtttt!

Poor lizard. Just trying to get a quick snack...

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm)

408 We laughed, I closed the door, and no more bugs. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Propane weed burner is my favorite yellow jacket ground nest weapon. Living in the woods, it has some limitations when it gets dry. When it's dry out, I don't light the torch I just pump the Propane into the hole and toss a match in the hole. Not nearly as effective as frying them and always results in some pissed off yellow jackets looking to get even but I still do it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 31, 2026 03:48 AM (uaYsl)

409 Way to go, Bers! In your own garage, that is... LOL.

There's a bug zapper in our shop. Works great! Just sweep up the dead-fetti from time to time.

Thinking back-- Hawaii was great-- ever hear a gecko get zapped?

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZtttt!

Poor lizard. Just trying to get a quick snack...

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm)

I use to run a bug zapper in the back. At the old house there was a small lake behind the yard. Frigging woods sounded alive, like jungle shit. I used to run the zapper every night and sometimes some big shit must have gotten in because it sounded like frankensteins lab. 30 second of continuous frying.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 03:51 AM (snZF9)

410 ...sounded like frankensteins lab. 30 second of continuous frying.
Posted by: Berserker
-------

Yep!

https://youtu.be/fOs1w3zzWCQ

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 03:55 AM (rdVOm)

411 Propane weed burner is my favorite yellow jacket ground nest weapon. Living in the woods, it has some limitations when it gets dry. When it's dry out, I don't light the torch I just pump the Propane into the hole and toss a match in the hole. Not nearly as effective as frying them and always results in some pissed off yellow jackets looking to get even but I still do it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 31, 2026 03:48 AM (uaYsl)

We were building a few retaining walls in the back yard of the old house one year. A friend was there helping and he was running the mower all over the place. We saw a yellow jacket hole. He pours a half gallon of 2 stroke pre mix gas into the hole. There were all these yellow jackets hovering above. I had found a small intact birds nest lying in the yard. so I stuck it on the end up a stick, lit it up and flicked it at the gas filled hole in the ground.There was a frigging orange/black mushroom cloud. The friend of mine yells "holy shit, did you see that, those bees just melted". The flame coming out of the hole lasted hours. It was like the flame on kennedy's grave. That was satisfying. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 03:58 AM (snZF9)

412 Pixy's nood.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 31, 2026 04:02 AM (bQ4nt)

413 We had some ground-nested yellow jackets behind a block retaining wall, and a dog what *loved* the sky-raisins...

I closed, but didn't quite latch, the gate back there & doggy got back to that hole in the blocks. Ugh! She just sat by the hole and ate & ate until I found her, all wobbly, after an hour or so.

She could stand, barely, but not walk! Called the vet, who recco'd Benadryl. Got those down her, and then she slept for HOURS...was so scared she wouldn't wake up... but she did, and was terribly hung-over for the rest of that day.

I was very careful to keep her away from there, until we took care of that confounded nest of asshoe things!

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 04:05 AM (rdVOm)

414 Not a techie and don't want to muddy Pixy's thread. Ugh. I miss the all-night ONTs.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 04:17 AM (rdVOm)

415 Not a techie and don't want to muddy Pixy's thread. Ugh. I miss the all-night ONTs.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 04:17 AM (rdVOm)

I don't do the tech thread. I literally have nothing to contribute.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 04:19 AM (snZF9)

416 Me too, Bers. I read it sometimes, and comment sometimes, but... I have nothing of techie "value" to add.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

417 Sh1t, I really have not much of *value* to add anyway.

Pfft. Smh.

Good night I guess.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 04:26 AM (rdVOm)

Free Solo Cafe

Garden of the Gods in winter
Kristin_Mae Photography

The Acropolis in the snow.

Nature's Alarm Clock.

Raising adorable orphaned baby rhinos.

The Volonaut airbike, which the company claims is real, and not just a prop being moved around by a rope dangling from a crane which is digitally removed with CGI. The cost of the airbike, if it's real, will be $880,000, when it's ready for sale, if ever.

Big dog who was kept in a small crate for six years is now free to run and and play.

"Oatmeal" the dog lives in the pool.

It takes a village to raise a squirrel.

Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?

Terrified rescue dog comes out of her shell.

Poor dog was kept immobilized on a chain too heavy to move for 13 years. When he was confiscated, he was put on the euthanasia list due to his immobility. But he was rescued and is living his last years with loving people.

That, sir, is a bear.

Border collie has moved up to herding horses.

Nate Bargatze on the responsibility of dog ownership. And the hazards.

Bargatze is interesting because he avoids all profanity and sexual stuff. I think he's popular, though, because he gets into truly edgy material: passive-aggressively fighting with his wife about nothing from the stage.

This is real courage in comedy. Speaking Truth to Wife.

Last weekend, without assistance or ropes or any other equipment*, star climber Alex Honnold climbed the 1667 foot 101 Tapei building. It was streamed live on Netflix, so I guess he got legal permission to do it?

pic.twitter.com/uPHbc9cgaL
— Otto Huang  (@OttoHuang120) January 26, 2026

Of course, that's easy-peasy compared to the climb he's most famous for.

* Okay, he had two pieces of equipment: His climbing shoes and a bag of talc to keep his hands dry.

Update: Huh, was this a publicity stunt to sell Taiwanese ramen noodles?

Posted by: Ace at 07:40 PM

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Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:39 PM (/enuJ)

2 twoish

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:39 PM (/enuJ)

3 thirdish

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (/enuJ)

4 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

5 nood duties are done

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:42 PM (/enuJ)

6 Top 10 baby! W00t!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 07:44 PM (GTqXr)

7 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just....ICE ICE BABY

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 07:45 PM (NtVYv)

8 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?

Tell us about it
youtu.be/bdazIpDDrO8

Posted by: Garden of Delight (or maybe Killing Joke) at January 30, 2026 07:46 PM (gKWVE)

9 What makes that Airbike even stay up besides AI?

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Airbike doesn't look fake at all, no siree.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 07:46 PM (GTqXr)

11
I hope Chico is a nice rooster, if such a thing exists, because those things can get mean as hell.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (hxCZf)

12
Volonaut Airbike is right out of James Bond.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (hxCZf)

13 I've about had it with this damn snow and we get snow in the Cafe! And day after tomorrow will be Fe-brrrrrrrr-ary!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (J+Psw)

14 If the gods had a garden, they wouldn't put it in Colorado Springs.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 07:48 PM (JjkYH)

15 * sniff sniff *

* no mephitic penguin or residual Axe Body Wash emanations detected *

Barkeep, whiskey shots all around!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 30, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

16 Have a trip planned to the Med. in May. Will end in Athens for 3 days. Stoked to see the Acropolis.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 07:49 PM (GTqXr)

17 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just....ICE ICE BABY
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 07:45 PM (NtVYv)

The other 10% are Taylor Swift bitching about dating gay men.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 07:51 PM (JjkYH)

18 We have jet power, prop planes, large top bladed helicopters
and a Airbike

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

19 Volonaut airbike

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Reminds me of the brief clip in the old Johnny Quest opening credits of two bad guys flying along.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 07:52 PM (J+Psw)

20 Reminds me of the brief clip in the old Johnny Quest opening credits of two bad guys flying along.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Greatest opening theme music ever!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2026 07:54 PM (cYBz/)

21 14 If the gods had a garden, they wouldn't put it in Colorado Springs.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 07:48 PM (JjkYH)

30 or so years ago it used to be a very Conservative town... Army Base for Spec Op types, Air Farce Academy, Rodeo Museum... fun bars like Meadow Muffins (which had a sign above the bar saying Budweiser, letting Ugly Women get Laid for over 100 years)...

Then, Colorado changed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2026 07:58 PM (mP0Kj)

22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWdhMVkeDeQ

Less than a Lambo.

Posted by: MkY at January 30, 2026 07:58 PM (q6tQZ)

23 Oh, Joachim Phoenix is drawing links between ice and the Israeli military.

Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:58 PM (zZu0s)

24 We are going to be 50-50 in this upcoming Civil War

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

25 Volonaut bike looks like you're trying to hump a gas grill.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (snZF9)

26 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?

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This is my new song dedicated to the President of Mexico.

The Sheinbaum's connected to the assbaum
The assbaum's connected to the retardbaum . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (J+Psw)

27 Freeclimbing is self-nominating for a Darwin Award.

If you have kids, then shame on you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 08:01 PM (RIvkX)

28 30 or so years ago it used to be a very Conservative town... Army Base for Spec Op types, Air Farce Academy, Rodeo Museum... fun bars like Meadow Muffins (which had a sign above the bar saying Budweiser, letting Ugly Women get Laid for over 100 years)...

Then, Colorado changed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2026 07:58 PM (mP0Kj)

Colorado Springs tends to vote Republican.

Whether that means it's "conservative" or not, I don't know.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 08:01 PM (H4a50)

29 That air bike looks like an ad out of the back of a comic book.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

30 Ace did it! Entire month of January Bat-free and Sea Stack-free! Cause for jubilation all-around!

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board of Trade at January 30, 2026 08:02 PM (oftw2)

31 The Volonaut airbike looks like something that can kill you very quickly.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

32 >29 That air bike looks like an ad out of the back of a comic book.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

Right next to the ad for Sea Monkeys and XRay specs.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (GTqXr)

33 My favorite Bargatze set is when he talks about traveling into the past. He thinks he's too stupid to convince anyone in the past that he's from the future because he doesn't know anything.

"Yeah, in the future, we carry our phones around with us."

"How does that work?"

"I really don't know."

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (dIske)

34 Volonaut airbike looks like it needs to be close to the ground.

What is the lift capacity and range? Could Special Forces or Space Marines use it in a stealth assault?

160th pilots probably are not worried.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (u82oZ)

35 Thumbnail on ewetub:

On the plus side, Don Lemon will now be judged by a jury of 12 people, which is more than he ever had watching him at CNN.

Me: Sir, that is beautiful. *goldclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:04 PM (zZu0s)

36 on topic of Colorado, Rep-then-Senator Jaquez Lewis (D) is now a convicted felon.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 08:04 PM (gKWVE)

37 >34 Volonaut airbike looks like it needs to be close to the ground.

What is the lift capacity and range? Could Special Forces or Space Marines use it in a stealth assault?

160th pilots probably are not worried.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (u82oZ)

Looks like it carries about 3 minutes of fuel before you plunge to your death.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:05 PM (GTqXr)

38 24 We are going to be 50-50 in this upcoming Civil War
Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

Some of us will be 50 cal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 08:05 PM (I40wl)

39 When I was a little kid I had a book about Robert Goddard and I was sure I could build a rocket like his and maybe even ride in it. I drew plans and everything. Alas, I never built it, much less rode in it, which is one reason I am still here today.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

40 Right next to the ad for Sea Monkeys and XRay specs.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (GTqXr)

And where the idiot is looking at his hand. Hand? I'd be looking at Amy ******'s sweater melons.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

41 Rachel Corrie

You are supposed to go into the past with stock pick, and know where to get gold mines started.

Too far in the past, and there is no good dentistry.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:06 PM (u82oZ)

42 Looked up the Volonaut, intrigued by the sound of that jet turbine. I wondered how long it could stay up, and best info I found is flight time: 10 minutes. That’s the big limitation to its usefulness.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:06 PM (ai6/n)

43 Already saw a YouTube short on the Airbike, still not sure I buy that

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 08:06 PM (Ia/+0)

44 Heavy Meta

No air to air refueling in that rig.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:07 PM (u82oZ)

45 YouTube said 30 minutes on s electric charge

So add another 30 pounds beside yourself with the battery

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)

46 Ground hover is no way to go through life, Race Bannon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:08 PM (u82oZ)

47 >44 Heavy Meta

No air to air refueling in that rig.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:07 PM (u82oZ)

Unless your strapping a jerry can to your back - no bueno.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:08 PM (GTqXr)

48 ace.i just watched the Just Shoot Me episode that has to be your favorite. More so than the Chicken Pot Pie episode.

It's the episode where Finch was pursuing a threesome that he thought he had set up with Maya.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:09 PM (cwGMH)

49 Must have driven past the Garden of the Gods on the way up to Pikes Peak though can't remember seeing a sign for it.

Posted by: Decaf at January 30, 2026 08:09 PM (Z8jzG)

50 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?
__________
Not new:
Everybody's making money but Tchaikovsky
https://tinyurl.com/3yyudh9a

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (AlhUl)

51 > It's the episode where Finch was pursuing a threesome that he thought he had set up with Maya.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:09 PM (cwGMH)

There were only two reasons to watch that show.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (GTqXr)

52 As loud as the airbike sounded in that vid multiply it by 20 in person.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (cwGMH)

53 Volonaut is a solution in need of a real problem.

Diamonds, fancy cars, and good meals will have a better return for the dick-length challenged men.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (u82oZ)

54 This guy would be good at marriage counseling.

https://is.gd/ROhirK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 08:11 PM (J+Psw)

55 Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (GTqXr)

They are spectacular.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:11 PM (cwGMH)

56 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?

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While waiting for automotive service in Walmart today -- cannot stand the shitty modern ~~music~~ crap they pipe in over the PA (both inside and outside, but particularly loud in the waiting room that wifey and I sat on a bench near the Pharmacy -- so strolled around inside and out.

Anywho, I was shocked upon returning to pick my car up that I heard a good song -- "Give A Little Bit" -- but then realized it was itself a cover of the original Supertramp song.

Wifey said "What is the point of covering a perfectly good song?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 08:12 PM (0Eh0f)

57 You were too judgmental to watch so you missed it!

Star Trek gives pacifist Klingon named "Jay-Den" two polyamorous refugee dads

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 08:12 PM (J+Psw)

58 wow, en fuego today, Ace!

have a Happy Weekend!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 30, 2026 08:13 PM (Cjt/F)

59 I guess Harold Lloyd wasn't all that.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (AlhUl)

60 >Wifey said "What is the point of covering a perfectly good song?"
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 08:12 PM (0Eh0f)

Depends - SRV's Voodoo Child is a better rendition than Hendrix's (which is saying something). There are a number of examples where the cover is superior to the original.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (GTqXr)

61 In a different age Hannold's feat of Soloing El Cap, would have been worthy of story and song.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (XV/Pl)

62 Willowed from Woke Thread:

195 Blah Blah Blah.... the average temperature of the earf is maybe around 50 F or 18 C (my guess)...blah blah blah....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:43 PM (QGaXH)

Average Earth T is 15 C, or 59 degrees F
Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (8avO+)

So my eyeball guess was pretty close...

What is your source?

15 C is 288 K as I recall.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (QGaXH)

63 From The Verge:

I have two daughters. My youngest is not yet two years old and will, I hope, be too young to remember anything about the armed, masked agents terrorizing Minneapolis. My oldest, as she’d proudly tell you, will be five next summer. I don’t know how much she understands, but I wanted to be prepared for anything she might ask, so I turned, as generations of parents have, to Sesame Street. Here’s their advice for ages four to five: “Children may be concerned about your safety or about being separated. Explain all the ways grown-ups can keep them safe—if they’re afraid of an event that happened far away, use the distance to reassure them.”

-

🤣🤣🤣
These people are litrally insane.

Posted by: Really?? at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (PHOGh)

64 Volonaut is a Dollar Store charcoal grill.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:15 PM (rarFa)

65 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

You would think that Star Fleet wants crew members and operators of star ships to be competent, mentally stable, and have no Daddy issues.

If you have a number of planets, and these dweebs show up, your filtering system is not working.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:15 PM (u82oZ)

66 I have a local report on today's supposed economic blackout day. I only had time to visit Walmart but they were remarkably busy, so maybe it's having less impact than the Marxists had hoped.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 30, 2026 08:15 PM (bXd6Z)

67 There are some plagiarism suits I can't believe they found for the plaintiff and a few where they found for the defendant. Specifically Led Zeppelin and Stairway to Heaven. Spirit got screwed.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:16 PM (cwGMH)

68 Update: Huh, was this a publicity stunt to sell Taiwanese ramen noodles?

I'm gonna guess that this is AI although, admittedly, I base that purely on the "HK AI Studio" logo in the top right.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 30, 2026 08:16 PM (ExV1e)

69 The most ridiculous case was the Marvin Gaye estate winning against Blurred Lines.

Absolutely preposterous verdict.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 30, 2026 08:17 PM (XV/Pl)

70 In my town there was no boycott of closing down. maybe some retarded coffee shops or whatever, but overall nada.

Posted by: Really?? at January 30, 2026 08:17 PM (PHOGh)

71 Must have driven past the Garden of the Gods on the way up to Pikes Peak though can't remember seeing a sign for it.

Posted by: Decaf at January 30, 2026 08:09 PM (Z8jzG)

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Have never heard of Garden of the Gods.

Was in Colorado Springs once for a job interview in the 90s and had a rental car. All I knew about it was the U.S. Air Force Academy was there -- so I went and visited it, most impressive.

I was extremely disappointed upon later learning that you can drive to the top (or near the top) of Pikes Peak! ARGGGGHHHHH! The inspiration for "America The Beautiful" and "amber waves of grain" and "purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 08:17 PM (0Eh0f)

72 They covered Muskrat Love twice.

Lord knows why.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:18 PM (cwGMH)

73 Pacifist gay Klingons? Sure. The Next Degeneration.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:18 PM (vFG9F)

74 Don't forget ICE Ice Baby and Queen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

75 >74 Don't forget ICE Ice Baby and Queen.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

I recall that was more about using a sample riff without permission.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:20 PM (GTqXr)

76 Don't forget ICE Ice Baby and Queen.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

Don’t know why but I consider it a David Bowie song more.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:21 PM (cwGMH)

77 ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner?

You can climb Pike Peak. It's a long, tough slog.

Or take a tram to the top. Car is by far the easiest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:21 PM (u82oZ)

78 There were only two reasons to watch that show.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (GTqXr)

David Spade and Wendie Malik.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (ai6/n)

79 ShainS

The road goes up to 5 feet below the top of Pikes Peak.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (u82oZ)

80 there was also Vanilla Ice's faggy defense of the blatant robbery, claiming that since he'd tweaked one note at the end it didn't count.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (gKWVE)

81 I was extremely disappointed upon later learning that you can drive to the top (or near the top) of Pikes Peak! ARGGGGHHHHH! The inspiration for "America The Beautiful" and "amber waves of grain" and "purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 08:17 PM (0Eh0f)

Colorado, to me, is the heart of this country. It's the rugged, young, strong and beautiful uplift that represents all we aspire to be.

I'm not willing to give it over to the dirtbags and fairies from Californica.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 08:23 PM (rMtke)

82 David Spade and Wendie Malik.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (ai6/n)

That was Rules of Engagement. My favorite sitcom.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:23 PM (cwGMH)

83 Blah Blah Blah.... the average temperature of the earf is maybe around 50 F or 18 C (my guess)...blah blah blah....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:43 PM (QGaXH)

Average Earth T is 15 C, or 59 degrees F
Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (8avO+)
-----

Allow Dr Willie Soon to esplain earth's temperature variation and timeline.

https://tinyurl.com/bdz22y48

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:23 PM (rarFa)

84 You can climb Pike Peak. It's a long, tough slog.

Or take a tram to the top. Car is by far the easiest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:21 PM (u82oZ)

People have driven over the edge.

Usually not on purpose.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (rMtke)

85 "SRV's Voodoo Child is a better rendition than Hendrix's "

I disagree and have since the first time I heard Stevie's version, which is very good, but not better. I think the SRV is mechanically more perfect and Jimi's is more fluid. What's better? I dunno. I do know Jimi did it upside down and backwards.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

86 David Spade and Wendie Malik.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (ai6/n)

Never mind I was thinking Wendie was different actress.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (cwGMH)

87 What stabilizes the Volonaut air bike? Why doesn’t it just tip over? Unless, of course, it flies suspended from a crane.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (H6cKs)

88 Why the heck would someone ride around on a Vortigaunt?

Posted by: Barney Calhoun at January 30, 2026 08:25 PM (r9uko)

89 The view from Pikes Peak, to the east, show lots of urban sprawl.

To the south, you can see Cheyenne Mountain. And west you look at lesser peaks. Longs Peak is to the north.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:25 PM (u82oZ)

90 I remember a time when Ace and Iowahawk had a shared solo.

Garrett tried to hide jealousy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 08:25 PM (oT7pT)

91
ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner?
You can climb Pike Peak. It's a long, tough slog.
Or take a tram to the top. Car is by far the easiest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I used to work with a guy that ran up, then back down, that trail once a week as long as snow wasn't on the ground at the bottom.

Same dude would try out for, and win a spot on the Vail ski patrol every year at 73 years old. Tougher than shoe leather.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 30, 2026 08:25 PM (QVmho)

92 BurtTC

The road up has a lot of curves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:26 PM (u82oZ)

93 >>I'm not willing to give it over to the dirtbags and fairies from Californica.
Posted by: BurtTC
--

Don't look but I think they have taken it from you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:26 PM (rarFa)

94 How much of a coincidence that Spade starred in two sitcoms with actresses both named Wendi?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:26 PM (cwGMH)

95 BifBewalski-

My hat's off to that man. He is a role model to couch potatoes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:27 PM (u82oZ)

96 73 Pacifist gay Klingons? Sure. The Next Degeneration. - fd

Sounds like "Star Trek: the Last Generation".

Posted by: Paco at January 30, 2026 08:27 PM (2L+MU)

97 Depends - SRV's Voodoo Child is a better rendition than Hendrix's
——-

If a tune is perfectly good, then it probably doesn’t need covering though, which I think was her point.
——-

John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (VskgJ)

98

People have driven over the edge.
sually not on purpose.
Posted by: BurtTC

I miss the races to the top. Once they paved it all the way, it ruined the race. Now the bleeding heart assholes won't allow the race because it's 'dangerous'.

Check out Guy Martin's record breaking run.
https://youtu.be/PKR-L3_a7sk?si=BWi8lYeefeqx6ySe

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (QVmho)

99 For a good long while, "Something" by George Harrison was the most covered song in the world. Every singer did it.

Posted by: A Little Song, A Little Dance, A Little Seltzer Down Your Pants at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (oftw2)

100 >I disagree and have since the first time I heard Stevie's version, which is very good, but not better. I think the SRV is mechanically more perfect and Jimi's is more fluid. What's better? I dunno. I do know Jimi did it upside down and backwards.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

That's a fair take. How about Long White Cadillac - Dwight's cover is better than the Blasters original.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (GTqXr)

101 James T Kirk, father to an entire Star Sector.

Discuss.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:30 PM (u82oZ)

102 My car broke down at 4am in the Raton pass in winter. Slept in the car until sunrise. Most spectacular site to wake up to ever.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:31 PM (cwGMH)

103 https://tinyurl.com/yut8wevn

Is this just someone being blackpilled, or...?

Posted by: XTC at January 30, 2026 08:31 PM (6Uni8)

104 What an honor to have such distinguished visitors to our country! I am so glad that the board members of Penguin Facts chose the Chilean Adventure Tour from the slate of travel opportunities offered by the Pacific/Atlantic Charter Organization! Please, ladies and gentlemen, it would give me great pleasure to capture this moment for posterity by taking your picture. If you all will kindly line up in front of the paredón – er, heh, I mean to say, that wall over there – I will snap a picture, and this squad of soldiers – that is to say, this purely ceremonial honor guard – will fire their fusiles – loaded with mere blanks, I assure you, mis amigos! - by way of a salute.

Ready, now? Ok, say queso! Ah, qué bonitas sonrisas! Now I count to three...

Preparen, apunten, fuego!

Posted by: Paco at January 30, 2026 08:31 PM (2L+MU)

105 >If a tune is perfectly good, then it probably doesn’t need covering though, which I think was her point.
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I don't agree. A different arrangement can completely change a song - sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:33 PM (GTqXr)

106 That's a fair take. How about Long White Cadillac - Dwight's cover is better than the Blasters original.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (GTqXr)

I like Dwight’s cover of Suspicious Minds better than Elvis’s cover of Suspicious Minds.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:33 PM (cwGMH)

107 You mean that when I cashed in my 401K to buy Carbon Credits from Dr. Al Gore I got scammed ???

I do not believe you because Professor Gore is an expert in Climate Change. He has a PHD in Meteorology from University of Arpitania which he got on the internet.

I have done my part to End Global Warming and what have you done ????

Posted by: Dweasel Clonbyd from Minniapplelos, Mn at January 30, 2026 08:34 PM (38587)

108 I not climb. Clumsy.
-Thog

Posted by: Eromero at January 30, 2026 08:34 PM (LHPAg)

109 The Volonaut Airbike is a nifty device.

But if you notice, it's two and a half minutes of edited and spliced video. How much fuel and how far do you think you can really get?

But I like it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 08:35 PM (oT7pT)

110 ——-

John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.
Posted by: Common Tater
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They all sound alike.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:36 PM (rarFa)

111 102 My car broke down at 4am in the Raton pass in winter. Slept in the car until sunrise. Most spectacular site to wake up to ever.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:31 PM
I pulled a 30 foot camper through the Raton Pass in winter and was not sleepy at all.

Posted by: Eromero at January 30, 2026 08:36 PM (LHPAg)

112 I have been living a long time with a broken bone, don't think I want a Airbike

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 08:37 PM (Ia/+0)

113 I don't agree. A different arrangement can completely change a song
——

Right, but “Give A Little Bit” is a perfectly good tune by itself. Can’t they just play that one? That was her point.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:37 PM (VskgJ)

114 >They all sound alike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:36 PM (rarFa)

Better run through the jungle > old man down the road

Forgerty kinda mailed that in.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:38 PM (GTqXr)

115 If the motor dies on that thing you will have the glide path of a Fatboy. A loose connection, a faulty winding, a cold solder joint, you are going down like the proverbial rock.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)

116 John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.
Posted by: Common Tater
---

They all sound alike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:36

***

Cher has entered the conversation.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 08:40 PM (2WIwB)

117 Drove our motor home through Raton Pass a few times...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 30, 2026 08:41 PM (VCgbV)

118 >Right, but “Give A Little Bit” is a perfectly good tune by itself. Can’t they just play that one? That was her point.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:37 PM (VskgJ)

I understand. Could have just as easily been a Muzak version for her listening pleasure.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:41 PM (GTqXr)

119 Volonaut bike looks like you're trying to hump a gas grill.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (snZF9)

Some men just gotta level up

Posted by: The Toster at January 30, 2026 08:42 PM (rbvCR)

120 Jim Croce

Bad Bad Leroy Brown

You Don’t Mess Around with Jim

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:42 PM (cwGMH)

121 "How about Long White Cadillac - Dwight's cover is better than the Blasters original.
Posted by: Heavy Meta"

If you can't do the cover at least as well as the original then don't bother.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

122 A loose connection, a faulty winding, a cold solder joint, you are going down like the proverbial rock.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)

That is the problem with personal air cars: ANY failure by pilot or mechanism is catastrophic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

123 John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (VskgJ)

I saw Fogarty give an interview on that - CCR had a nasty breakup about royalties and rights and everything went into court. Fogarty wanted to go on solo, and his former friends sued to stop him. He told how the Judge told him he could, but he should make sure and sound different (or something)
Fogarty said he asked the judge, “I was the lead voice and I wrote all the songs. How am I supposed to not sound like myself?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:45 PM (ai6/n)

124 All future flying cars should be equipped with a parachute.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:45 PM (cwGMH)

125 >122 A loose connection, a faulty winding, a cold solder joint, you are going down like the proverbial rock.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)

That is the problem with personal air cars: ANY failure by pilot or mechanism is catastrophic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

I feel cheated. I was promised flying cars since I was a kid. Hell, I expected to be living like George Jetson by now.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:45 PM (GTqXr)

126 I understand. Could have just as easily been a Muzak version for her listening pleasure.
——

LOL. No, you obviously do not

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:46 PM (VskgJ)

127 >The Volonaut airbike, which the company claims is real, and not just a prop being moved around by a rope dangling from a crane which is digitally removed with CGI. The cost of the airbike, if it's real, will be $880,000, when it's ready for sale, if ever.
----------
Betting it's CGI.

Nothing that small will sound like a jet engine unless it's got a whopping big ass gas tank. And it ain't got one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 08:47 PM (jtM2q)

128 I disagree and have since the first time I heard Stevie's version, which is very good, but not better. I think the SRV is mechanically more perfect and Jimi's is more fluid. What's better? I dunno. I do know Jimi did it upside down and backwards.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

Not Voodoo Child but just sayin'.

https://youtu.be/6Bj5szpvDM8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 30, 2026 08:49 PM (ExV1e)

129 It gives me great joy to the the Climate Cult falling apart. Oh there’s plenty of True Believers who will go to their grave swearing their faithfulness; but all the money is being sucked out of propping it up. It’s failed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:49 PM (ai6/n)

130 The Rocketeer’s backpack sounded like that airbike, but I knew the Rocketeer was flying on pure fantasy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 08:51 PM (H6cKs)

131 I remember the Sears Pike's Peak Hill Climb slot car set from 1964. Cost $19.99. A lot of money then.

Too expensive for us but it looked great in the Christmas catalog.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 30, 2026 08:51 PM (y171U)

132 I'm such a f'n schmuck. Went and had my taxes done instead of opening a daycare. FML.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 08:52 PM (qw6Uy)

133 "Not Voodoo Child but just sayin'."

SRV was a master. What a loss.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:52 PM (vFG9F)

134 The Rocketeer’s backpack sounded like that airbike, but I knew the Rocketeer was flying on pure fantasy.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 08:51 PM (H6cKs)

And Jennifer Connelly's rack.

And designed by Howard Hughes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

135 I always liked Hendryx’s “Little Wing”, sometimes people complain that the tune ends way too early, but I think that was part of the idea.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:55 PM (VskgJ)

136 Cam Higby 🇺🇸
@camhigby
23h
🚨 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson makes clear that her city doesn’t need a Signal chats. Instead she’s going to mobilize the actual police force to do what Signal networks do in Minneapolis.

She will even have the SPD relay intel gathered on federal agents to “community partners” and ban usage of city property by agents.

Katie is a former professional protestor. She’s manipulating her office as mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the country to aid and abet domestic terrorists today, and resist the federal government.

https://tinyurl.com/4mvw38yj

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:56 PM (rarFa)

137 >>>All future flying cars should be equipped with a parachute.

Posted by: Opinion fact

>Gravitation, photon/light and time technology will propel us forward into the future. If you're looking for action - reaction propulsion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 08:57 PM (oT7pT)

138 John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.
Posted by: Common Tater
---

They all sound alike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:36

Choppers in Vietnam.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2026 08:58 PM (RiE77)

139 There is no way having large cities being run by whack jobs that doesn’t end in utter failure. No chance.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:58 PM (VskgJ)

140 124 All future flying cars should be equipped with a parachute.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:45 PM (cwGMH)

You put your finger on a fatal problem for tech like that (literally): too high up in the air for a sudden fall to be survivable; too close to the ground for a parachute to work.

Related somewhat - a well known wing suit flyer was killed a few days ago jumping in the alps. All it takes is a slight miscalculation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:59 PM (ai6/n)

141 I generally don't like Fogerty, but I do like "The Old Man Down the Road".

Posted by: XTC at January 30, 2026 08:59 PM (6Uni8)

142
NASA had to postpone the wet dress rehearsal for Artemis II due to cold weather after all. This will push earliest launch date to Feb 8 from Feb 6.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 09:00 PM (w6EFb)

143 I showed Pooky the "man of the house" bit because I thought he might relate. He said, "I don't even know why *I'm* here, and I live here!"

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to keep crackers down at January 30, 2026 09:01 PM (Wt5PA)

144 "sometimes people complain that the tune ends way too early, but I think that was part of the idea.
Posted by: Common Tater"

A lot of songs go on way too long. Keep it short and keep 'em wanting more.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 09:02 PM (vFG9F)

145 NASA had to postpone the wet dress rehearsal for Artemis II due to cold weather after all. This will push earliest launch date to Feb 8 from Feb 6.
Posted by: publius
------

Viton...I knew it, I knew it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 30, 2026 09:03 PM (XeU6L)

146 I liked “Put Me In Coach”, or whatever it’s called. He needed a hit from a financial perspective. That helped a lot, I guess.

Reading his autobiography, he really got hosed financially speaking. The band was about as big as the Beatles or Stones in the early 70s.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 09:03 PM (VskgJ)

147 None of these liberal pestholes should receive a fucking dime.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2026 09:03 PM (RiE77)

148 There is no way having large cities being run by whack jobs that doesn’t end in utter failure. No chance.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:58 PM (VskgJ)
---
It's a minor miracle some cities have survived as long as they have.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 09:05 PM (ESVrU)

149 A lot of songs go on way too long. Keep it short and keep 'em wanting more.
Posted by: fd
---------

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: MacArthur Park at January 30, 2026 09:05 PM (XeU6L)

150 There is no way having large cities being run by whack jobs that doesn’t end in utter failure. No chance.
Posted by: Common Tater
------

Or small cities.

Posted by: MacArthur Park at January 30, 2026 09:06 PM (XeU6L)

151 re Artemis Deuce.

Imagine, if you will, that the British Navy had been working on one wooden sailboat that they were going to use to sail to Labrador in the winter. It was a leaky piece of crap that existed only because the King had a contract with London to supply it with wood (and not good wood).
But meanwhile the shipyards in Bristol and Liverpool were designing ironclads supplied from the ironworks up and down Staffordshire.
The Navy would be fools to be investing so much in this one stupid boat with decades-obsolete tech and inferior material.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 09:08 PM (gKWVE)

152 Good evening, all!

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 09:09 PM (Q9G/L)

153 Good evening Piper!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 30, 2026 09:10 PM (Cjt/F)

154 Piper

Good evening, Piper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ)

155 Congress should confiscate NASA's rum and Trump should give everyone involved in Artemis the lash.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 09:11 PM (gKWVE)

156 151 ... good analogy, and yet here we (taxpayers) are ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 30, 2026 09:12 PM (Cjt/F)

157 That is the problem with personal air cars: ANY failure by pilot or mechanism is catastrophic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I know, right?
Zombie Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach shut up I know what I am doing

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2026 09:12 PM (cYBz/)

158 gKWVE

The graft of the lowest bidder and not keeping up with the manufacturing anomalies.

Gref says the main guy in charge of the craft is excellent. But he was brought in too late.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 09:12 PM (u82oZ)

159 A lot of songs go on way too long. Keep it short and keep 'em wanting more.
Posted by: fd

What are you talking about?

-- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2026 09:14 PM (cYBz/)

160 Did you know that 90% of classical music was stealing another composer’s music and altering it just enough to avoid ridicule?

Posted by: epador at January 30, 2026 09:17 PM (TRnzq)

161 None of these liberal pestholes should receive a fucking dime.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2026 09:03 PM (RiE77)

Any money spent should be on MOABs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 09:18 PM (snZF9)

162 "What are you talking about?

-- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
Posted by: Tonypete"

That is not one of those songs. The ones with 30 "baby"s at the end, or the long fade out with the refrain 100 times over.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 09:18 PM (vFG9F)

163 >That is not one of those songs. The ones with 30 "baby"s at the end, or the long fade out with the refrain 100 times over.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 09:18 PM (vFG9F)

I'm right here.

Posted by: Hey Jude at January 30, 2026 09:19 PM (GTqXr)

164 Katie is a former professional protestor. She’s manipulating her office as mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the country to aid and abet domestic terrorists today, and resist the federal government.

https://tinyurl.com/4mvw38yj
Posted by: Braenyard

She's received her orders. Time to create a new pressure point. I'm sure Gubner lil Bobby Ferguson has been whispering in her ear. Seattle will be different. The entire I5 corridor, from Eugene to Bellingham, is Antifa territory.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 09:20 PM (uaYsl)

165
HeyJude, I am ready to strangle you by the end.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 09:21 PM (vFG9F)

166 Since it's in the news, a few things we need to know about IRAN:

1. So far away.
2. All night and day.
3. I couldn't get away.

Posted by: The Toster at January 30, 2026 09:24 PM (rbvCR)

167 So Seattle is now a City State separated from the County.
Hope every cent of the Federal funds are cut off

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 09:26 PM (Ia/+0)

168 And the Seattle militia is ready to get attacked, sea and land

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 09:28 PM (Ia/+0)

169 >>>HeyJude, I am ready to strangle you by the end.

Posted by: fd

>When I heard McCartney and Obama singing that at a White House soiree, I could have sworn the JEF was singing 'Hey Joo.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 09:28 PM (oT7pT)

170 If they want their own country with open borders, we should give them California.

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 09:29 PM (OoFl2)

171 156 151 ... good analogy, and yet here we (taxpayers) are ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

That's where the sodomy comes in.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 09:31 PM (gKWVE)

172 Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday.

Whoops.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 09:34 PM (qw6Uy)

173 alas, too true ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 30, 2026 09:35 PM (Cjt/F)

174 Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday."

She's tired?

/

Posted by: man at January 30, 2026 09:35 PM (XuXeR)

175 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: MacArthur Park"

Sure.

/ELP live

Posted by: man at January 30, 2026 09:36 PM (XuXeR)

176 Spirit got screwed.
Posted by: Opinion fact

It's just nature's way of telling you something's wrong in song. Taurus (is that the instumental's name) came out in '68? Stairway was 1971 yet Randy California never said squeak about it - it was his family who sued after he died. Taurus is a nice instrumental. Stairway to Heaven may be the greatest rock song ever written and is so much more than the Taurus-inspired intro, such as that guitar solo (my 2nd favorite behind one recorded by FOTB Buck Dharma), and the tour-de-force the solo ends at. At least RC could've used Stairway to bring some attention to Spirit but didn't. I may be the only one here who has 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. Not feeling bad for Spirit.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 30, 2026 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

177 She’s tired: it’s twue, it’s twue!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 09:39 PM (H6cKs)

178 Nate Bargatze is easily the funniest comic I have ever experienced. His delivery is so unusual, and clever, and simply funny.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 30, 2026 09:40 PM (0aYVJ)

179 🚨 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson makes clear that her city doesn’t need a Signal chats. Instead she’s going to mobilize the actual police force to do what Signal networks do in Minneapolis.

She will even have the SPD relay intel gathered on federal agents to “community partners” and ban usage of city property by agents.

Katie is a former professional protestor. She’s manipulating her office as mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the country to aid and abet domestic terrorists today, and resist the federal government.

https://tinyurl.com/4mvw38yj
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

If/when the insurrection act is invoked it will be less than five minutes before the political leadership is Maduro'd or get OBL, their choice... Then silence.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 09:40 PM (/lPRQ)

180 "Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday."

Turning the page?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 30, 2026 09:45 PM (KAi1n)

181 180 "Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday."

Turning the page?
Posted by: Dark Litigator

Preserving assets.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 30, 2026 09:46 PM (IhIKR)

182 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 09:46 PM (Ia/+0)

183 "Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday."

Turning the page?
Posted by: Dark Litigator

Preserving assets.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Probably distancing herself and turning states evidence.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 09:49 PM (qw6Uy)

184 > If/when the insurrection act is invoked it will be less than five minutes before the political leadership is Maduro'd or get OBL, their choice... Then silence.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
-------------
The administration seems very reluctant to invoke the Insurrection Act. No clue why... but I figure it's a purely political one.

I think all they really want is compliance at the minimal level. That's more or less what Homan wanted/offered to Minneapolis... minimal compliance with federal law. And all that is is just telling the feds where and when the city or state is releasing the illegals.

Note... they're still just releasing the illegals into the landscape.

The feds are not even trying to get the sanctuary enclaves to follow the letter of the law other than this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 09:50 PM (jtM2q)

185 I may be the only one here who has 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. Not feeling bad for Spirit.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 30, 2026 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

I don’t have it, but I have listened to it! That’s a great obscure album; there’s more pure musical creativity in that album than in the sum total of every piece of music recorded over the last 26 years.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 09:50 PM (ai6/n)

186 Seattle will be different. The entire I5 corridor, from Eugene to Bellingham, is Antifa territory.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 09:20

Is there a bag limit or are they considered pests?

Posted by: RI Red at January 30, 2026 09:52 PM (UqAH7)

187 176 It's just nature's way of telling you something's wrong in song. Taurus (is that the instumental's name) came out in '68? Stairway was 1971 yet Randy California never said squeak about it - it was his family who sued after he died. Taurus is a nice instrumental. Stairway to Heaven may be the greatest rock song ever written and is so much more than the Taurus-inspired intro, such as that guitar solo (my 2nd favorite behind one recorded by FOTB Buck Dharma), and the tour-de-force the solo ends at. At least RC could've used Stairway to bring some attention to Spirit but didn't. I may be the only one here who has 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. Not feeling bad for Spirit.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 30, 2026 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

Yep. Stairway is much more than the Taurus sounding melody. It's three songs in one. Wistful acoustic guitar intro, mid tempo 12 string with electric piano, blazing full hard rock ending.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 30, 2026 09:55 PM (y171U)

188
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The administration seems very reluctant to invoke the Insurrection Act. No clue why... but I figure it's a purely political one.”

I understand why - Trump does not believe it benefits him or the MAGA movement to push this into total confrontation, especially since that’s what the left wants.

I suspect he’s right.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 09:56 PM (ai6/n)

189 Is there a bag limit or are they considered pests?
Posted by: RI Red

Deputize the Proud Boys.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 09:58 PM (uaYsl)

190 Gwen Walz can't testify. Spousal immunity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:01 PM (u82oZ)

191 ONT

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:02 PM (u82oZ)

192 Remember the adage about making even the wrong people do the right thing.

He may well have to invoke the Insurrection Act. But he has to exhaust the legal remedies. Americans want the system to work as advertised.

The problem is a bunch of saboteurs are embedded like ticks at local, state, and federal levels determined to fuck everything up. That needs fixed. He is giving them the opportunity to do the right thing. They are exposing themselves plainly for everyone to see.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 10:06 PM (sD+rY)

193 ONT up

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:07 PM (qw6Uy)

194 I love Nate Bargatze!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 10:08 PM (WONhk)

195 If Gwen Walz goes through with a divorce then she can be compelled to testify against her former husband.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 10:41 PM (H6cKs)

The Week In Woke

Minnesota's first openly homosexual governor, Tim Walz, makes the Stunning and Brave Announcement that he will never run for political office again. As if it's xis choice! This is as bad as Kristen Stewart saying she can't "freely work" in the US so she'll be filming her zero-budget middle aged woman student film in Latvia. That's not a choice, that's just reality.

But note he only says he won't run for office -- he may still serve.

Reportedly, Minnesota's first openly homosexual governor and corrupt Democrat Senator and perpetual presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar have worked out a corrupt deal. He drops out of the governor's race, she enters it, she wins, and then she appoints him as senator to take over for her.

Amazing.

Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth is now an inconvenient embarrassment. It was published 20 years ago, and made plenty of ~~predictions~~ prophecies, but none of those Dooms have yet come to pass.

Gore shared dramatic graphs.
Polar ice? Gone, any day now.
Sea levels? Twenty feet in the "near future," which, in political time, means "before the checks clear."
Arctic summers ice-free by, oh, pick a year, any year; 2013, 2014, five to seven years from whenever he was speaking.
Snows of Kilimanjaro? Vanished within a decade.
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Coastal cities? Should be holding snorkel conventions by now.
Reality, being the stubborn jerk that it is, refused to cooperate with Tipper's husband.
Arctic ice dips and bobs like it's on a budget seesaw--it never quite disappears.
Sea levels creep up a modest few millimeters each year, and at this rate, your great-great-grandkids might need taller beach chairs.
Snow still falls on Kilimanjaro, while cities keep building condos on the water like it's prime real estate.
No mass evacuations, no sirens, just... life.
Deadlines came and went quieter than a mime convention. There wasn't a press conference with Gore saying, "Oops! My bad; turns out the models were a little more enthusiastic than I thought." Just new deadlines, fresh urgency, yet using the same PowerPoint.

Now if only Star Trek makes the same realization:

Paul Embery
@PaulEmbery
10h
Some of us have been arguing for a long time that the BBC's obsession with promoting hyper-diversity in its drama productions -- even in period dramas -- was preachy and inauthentic and was alienating viewers. Needless to say, the usual accusations were thrown at us. Now an independent review, commissioned by the BBC itself, has found that the over-representation of ethnic minority characters, especially in period dramas, can feel "clunky", "inauthentic" and "preachy" to the viewer. It concludes: "The BBC should aim for an organic and authentic approach to diversity rather than it looking forced or tick box." Interestingly, the authors state: "We found our interviewees of colour as emphatic on this point as those who were white."

Dan Zaksheske
@RealDanZak
BREAKING: The Department of Education ruled that San Jose State violated Title IX by allowing trans-identifying male volleyball player Blaire Fleming to compete on the women's team.
@OutKick was the first outlet to report a team forfeiting against SJSU, which later led to several more forfeits in protest

🚨🚨 If you haven�t seen his male advantage, you need to watch this.

This is Brayden �Blaire� Fleming dominating in the San Jose State vs Fresno State match with 20 kills and .410 hitting %. https://t.co/p2PXHmZ3Oa pic.twitter.com/h14TrYSjUB
— Beth Bourne (@bourne_beth2345) January 29, 2026

OMG

The grown man who yelled at a girl and called her a �c*nt� for supporting ICE has reportedly been identified as the treasurer for the District 12 Arizona Democratic Party https://t.co/xfYAmtz2DD pic.twitter.com/iSamtpdK23
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 27, 2026

The first openly gay lesbian Mexican judge in Texas, named "Speedlin Gonzales," and no, that's not a racist joke, that's her name, has been arrested for handcuffing an attorney in the jury box. She has refused to take down the gay flags she hangs in her court (illegal political messaging from what is supposed to be a dispassionate objective judge) and routinely congratulates attorneys whose politics she supports on their victories -- victories she handed them.

Texas Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez who was just arrested for handcuffing an attorney, was in a battle over her pride flags. She claims she was �targeted� for being asked to remove all her lgbtq merch from around the courtroom.

These DEI judges are a national embarrassment. https://t.co/7kMoUBu5Eh pic.twitter.com/vKpTMtQBeY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2026

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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Lgbtq Judge Rosie who was just arrested was involved in multiple scandals and was even ordered to take an additional course on judicial ethics.
- reportedly congratulated attorneys on winning cases in her court on her official FB page
- was found with a loaded gun at the airport and received a fine
- was ordered to remove pride flags and entered a years-long battle
- now facing a felony charge for unlawfully handcuffing an attorney over a dispute on courtroom procedure

Here she is standing next to the sodomy flag while wearing a Mexican tricolor sash.

Would you feel as if this judge was ruling without fear or favor if you had the misfortune to be hailed into her court?

Black Conservative Perspective has two good clips below. The first you may have already seen, of overrated femmy communist DEI actor

The clip starting at 3:25 might be new to you. In it, the "actress" and "comedian" Amanda Seales -- I never heard of her either, but apparently she has a comedy special called, I josh thee not, I Be Knowin' -- says "the quiet part aloud," as Foreman says. She explains that the movement is made up of two kinds of people, those who fight in the streets and sometimes get justifiably shot by police -- the "outside people," she calls them -- and the pampered rich communist leaders who sit on their fat asses and incite the "outside people" to risk their lives while they risk nothing. She calls these people -- people like herself -- "inside people," and says the "inside people" are smart people who are too valuable to work "outside" because their skills at incitement -- or "bullhorning," she calls it -- are too precious.

The dumb people, on the other hand, are really good at being cannon fodder and useful corpses.

At the end of her explanation that their are Dumb Doers who get shot and Smart Leaders who get paid, she says that unknown enemy forces may someday come knocking on her door so when you think about it, aren't we all risking our lives for the cause?

It's pretty great.

According to new polling, a comfortable majority of Americans (as much as 64%) want all illegals immigrants deported. A majority also want legal migration reduced.

The takeaway is that most Americans simply don�t care about Alex Pretti or Renee Good.pic.twitter.com/11dZwmMD41 https://t.co/3RuXj8AzYF
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) January 28, 2026

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1
One look at Speedy-Gonzales and you know she's a Sapphist. Of the Rosie the Bonecrusher type.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (tgvbd)

2
Lonely here...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:49 PM (tgvbd)

3 Of course I read the post...

Posted by: lin-duh at January 30, 2026 06:50 PM (VCgbV)

4 I couldabeen a contendah.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 06:50 PM (jc0TO)

5 Instead of a bum which is what Iyam.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (jc0TO)

6 The picture I saw of the judge showed her with a lot less weight. It did NOT improve her looks at all.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (VCgbV)

7 Crazy in one thing, crazy in all things.

There is probably a latin phrase for this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 06:52 PM (jc0TO)

8 According to CBS news Texas A&M just ended their Woman's Studies program

Posted by: javems at January 30, 2026 06:53 PM (zFsEm)

9 Can't wait for Al Gore's follow-up movie about how nothing happened as he predicted.

Posted by: Random PJ at January 30, 2026 06:53 PM (+jscL)

10 willowed
Lemon no bail was a given. He is still charged and will be tried.

is the judge that declared no bail also presiding?

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 06:54 PM (8uzBS)

11
There is probably a latin phrase for this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 06:52 PM (jc0TO)

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Morbus in uno, morbus in omnium.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:55 PM (tgvbd)

12 2 Hey, Hadrian. I hope you are well and having a drink.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:55 PM (77rzZ)

13 If I'm not mistaken, that's a very visible Jupiter hanging out next to the moon tonight.

Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 06:56 PM (dIske)

14
I hope you are well and having a drink.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:55 PM (77rzZ)

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Quite well, thanks, but still concerned for Her Majesty and The Big Dummy. They are near this evening's destination of Salem, VA.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:57 PM (tgvbd)

15 Speedy Gonzales was a funny cartoon. That judge looks very unfunny and probably eats a lot of crappy food. She appears to have gas. Or is constipated. Perhaps some bananas and rice will fix that.

Posted by: turambar at January 30, 2026 06:57 PM (Q0yOR)

16 According to CBS news Texas A&M just ended their Woman's Studies program
Posted by: javems at January 30, 2026 06:53 PM (zFsEm)

I'm sure they were just about to publish their first fact they discovered too.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:57 PM (8avO+)

17 Judge Speedy-Gonzalez looks like she’s wearing a Mexican flag thingy around her neck.
Pride a Mexican flag waving judge is bad? Shocka

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:58 PM (Hkcdp)

18 Minnesota's first openly homosexual governor, Tim Walz, makes the Stunning and Brave Announcement that he will never run for political office again.

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Harvard is looking for another gay black female President.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:58 PM (0Eh0f)

19 'Speedlin Gonzales'..

That's just wonderful. Her parents had a sense of humor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)

20
This is NOT a wise Latina

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 30, 2026 06:58 PM (IifOV)

21 Texas A&M just ended their Woman's Studies program
Posted by: javems

Qatar ain't payin for dat.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 06:58 PM (gKWVE)

22 Did Brayden even let the women on his side even make any plays?

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)

23 Seriously? Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez.

Just too easy. Gonna let this one float by.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (0aYVJ)

24 >>> Reportedly, Minnesota's first openly homosexual governor and corrupt Democrat Senator and perpetual presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar have worked out a corrupt deal. He drops out of the governor's race, she enters it, she wins, and then she appoints him as senator to take over for her.

It's a small club and we're not in it.

Does Mike Lindell have a legitimate chance to be governor? Surely if they will hire Jesse Ventura, they'll hire anybody. And the voting fraud stuff revelations are proving he wasn't a rightwing crackpot.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (gWBY1)

25 Hey, it got willowed on an earlier thread, but I gots a quextion for any of our Jewish Hordelings who know written Hebrew well. It involves both linguistics and mathematics.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (77rzZ)

26 I have so many problems with anthropogenic global warming it is hard to rank them, but I try.

A. Firstly, is the Earth warming? Maybe, a little bit. It's hard to say with our limited data.
B. Are we causing it, I don't see much evidence of that. We would need a much better understanding, if possible, of a million constantly changing variables.
C. If it happening, is it a bad thing? I don't think so, in fact, I am in favor of causing more warming if we had that ability.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (jc0TO)

27 But note he only says he won't run for office -- he may still serve.

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The SCOTUS is looking for another gay black female retard Justice.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (0Eh0f)

28 I was conditioned and indoctrinated lo these many years to think the sodomites were all creative, artistic, loving and caring folks who only wanted to love and get married. The truth is they are a violent, angry, disordered, mentally ill people who lust for blood and the deaths of millions while voting democrat and trying to molest other people's children.

Posted by: The Truth at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (pbej3)

29 Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez is not that bad...

It/they/Them is breathing, So I would do it, but don't tell Hillary.....

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 30, 2026 07:00 PM (38587)

30 that's a very visible Jupiter hanging out next to the moon tonight.
Posted by: Orson

Luna better watch her ass. Zeus was a randy god.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 07:00 PM (gKWVE)

31 Luckily the AZ guy who called that girl on the street the C word either got fired or stepped down.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 07:00 PM (gWBY1)

32 Nobody could have predicted 20 years ago that Al Gore's understanding of Carbon might be a hoax.

I suspect Al will become heavily invested in the AI bubble and make another $200MM off of the taxpayers thru corrupt legislators.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 07:00 PM (oT7pT)

33 Is throwing the insult 'Hood Rat' racist?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

34 Amanda Seales is one loud mouthed jive Turkey, ummm hmmmm.

Wasn’t what she said contradictory? And incoherent?

Posted by: Henry at January 30, 2026 07:01 PM (tWkg3)

35 BREAKING: Bexar County, TX Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez ARRESTED for allegedly unlawfully having an attorney HANDCUFFED and locking him in a jury box

Rosie was celebrated as the first openly gay judge to be elected in Bexar County
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They just want to visit each other in the hospital.

Posted by: ... at January 30, 2026 07:02 PM (E0p3T)

36 Dyke judge does not understand the concept of judicial impartiality.

I have no doubt she must be quite a tyrant.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 07:02 PM (RIvkX)

37 I have so many problems with anthropogenic global warming it is hard to rank them, but I try.

A. Firstly, is the Earth warming? Maybe, a little bit. It's hard to say with our limited data.
B. Are we causing it, I don't see much evidence of that. We would need a much better understanding, if possible, of a million constantly changing variables.
C. If it happening, is it a bad thing? I don't think so, in fact, I am in favor of causing more warming if we had that ability.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (jc0TO)

Nobody in the climate disaster field seems to notice that if we did get a bit warmer, a crapton of arable land opens up in Canada and Siberia.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:02 PM (8avO+)

38 If someone is awarded a Nobel Prize and the science behind their achievement turns out to be junk science, can they be forced to give it back?

I like how the Nobel Prize committee got in a snit fit over the Venezuelan chick gifting her medallion to Trump, but they have nothing to say on Al Gore's junk science tarnishing their award. Or Obama's win for that matter.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (gWBY1)

39 In twenty years, all Left-Wing Females will be uglier than Jabba The Hutt !!!!!

Hopefully the species will die off in 5 - 10 years like Spotted Owl..

Posted by: Jackson at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (38587)

40 Can't wait for Al Gore's follow-up movie about how nothing happened as he predicted.
Posted by: Random PJ at January 30, 2026 06:53 PM (+jscL)

Manbearpig 2: Look! A Squirrel!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (0aYVJ)

41 In fairness, my fourth chakra is still rising.

Posted by: Al Gore at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

42 Is there a difference between a modern day climate change scientist / hysteria person and an ancient priest of Baal or Enlil who was saying "The crops will fail because Enlil is mad and we must appease him by you sending me half your money and your nubile daughter! I'm the expert!!"

If mean, if we are begging the Gods to help the weather, I would imagine we'd have a lot better success begging Jesus and doing some repenting, ya know?

Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (/ZkOF)

43 He drops out of the governor's race, she enters it, she wins, and then she appoints him as senator to take over for her.

Amazing.

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If Thune magically grew a pair and the Senate went back to a speaking-only filibuster, will the rules at least allow for "Tampon Time" breaks?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (0Eh0f)

44 Chances that Albert Gore Chakra 2 is on the Epstein logs are very high.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 07:04 PM (gKWVE)

45 Nobody in the climate disaster field seems to notice that if we did get a bit warmer, a crapton of arable land opens up in Canada and Siberia.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:02 PM

If the Sahara high shifted a hundred miles north, the desert would become a verdent belt again, as it once was.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 07:04 PM (jc0TO)

46 According to CBS news Texas A&M just ended their Woman's Studies program
Posted by: javems at January 30, 2026 06:53 PM (zFsEm)

A&M football program hardest hit.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 30, 2026 07:04 PM (LSR8N)

47 Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth is now an inconvenient embarrassment. It was published 20 years ago, and made plenty of ~~predictions~~ prophecies, but none of those Dooms have yet come to pass.

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I think I once called him "Nostragoreus."

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:05 PM (0Eh0f)

48 Al Gore has been very quiet lately. You would think his chakra would need attention and he would be raping someone soon.

Hey Al old buddy! Let's go! Arrrrgh!

Posted by: Al Gore's Foreskin at January 30, 2026 07:05 PM (pbej3)

49 Damn! That judge is BUTCH!
Should not it have the shades of brown gay flags?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 07:05 PM (/lPRQ)

50 Is there a difference between a modern day climate change scientist / hysteria person and an ancient priest of Baal or Enlil who was saying "The crops will fail because Enlil is mad and we must appease him by you sending me half your money and your nubile daughter! I'm the expert!!"

If mean, if we are begging the Gods to help the weather, I would imagine we'd have a lot better success begging Jesus and doing some repenting, ya know?
Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (/ZkOF)

there's a lot more evidence of the weather gods anger. Remember how the warming conventions used to be iced in by freak storms?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)

51 You can't impeach judges in Texas?

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (CNl8/)

52 >>> I have so many problems with anthropogenic global warming it is hard to rank them, but I try.

Lefty professors of mine were the ones that told me in my science classes that we were still coming out of the last ice age. And showed evidence that there was global warming in the middle ages, England had the climate of Southern Italy and they grew grapes.

Until England turns Mediterranean again, and the scientists stop fudging their numbers and data to get grant money, I'm not fretting too much.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (gWBY1)

53 Polar ice? Gone, any day now.

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NYT Headline from 2014: "The End of Snow."

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (0Eh0f)

54 Rosie was celebrated as the first openly gay judge to be elected in Bexar County

___________________________

I have a gripe. How come I'm never invited to these "celebrations"? I keep hearing about celebrations occurring everytime someone is a first.

Celebrated as the first woman to hold the position as...
Celebrated as the first cunnilingus enjoying woman to hold the position of...
Celebrated as the first illegal immigrant to serve as a police officer while illegally possessing a firearm (Maine)...
Celebrated as the first president to have an IQ qualifying him for disability....
Celebrated as the first candidate to win election as a man who died two months before election day....

I want in on these parties.

Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (dIske)

55 In twenty years, all Left-Wing Females will be uglier than Jabba The Hutt !!!!!

Hopefully the species will die off in 5 - 10 years like Spotted Owl..

Posted by: Jackson at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (38587)

In 20 years?? Have you looked around? They're there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (snZF9)

56 Gee, I wonder why a majority of Americans want a halt to all immigration into the U.S. when we have the Somalis showing everybody the benefits of importing third-world savages.

No wonder Schumer agreed to consider DHS funding separately: the Dems shutdown the government for illegals, they're going to get crushed at the polls. Not just the GOP engages in "failure theater." In a couple of weeks, Chuckie going to tell his mouth-breathers, "The Bad Orange Man is being mean" but keep funding DHS because ICE is funded until 2028 and everybody couldn't care less if a bunch of TSA drones are told the take a hike.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (pJWtt)

57 Also: most of that San Jose women's volleyball team was filing suit against being forced to play with / share a locker room with this perverted guy.

And the teams that took a stand and forfeited their matches against that guy were quite brave and I applaud their willingness to stand up against the LGBT mafia.

Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (/ZkOF)

58 Sea levels? Twenty feet in the "near future," which, in political time, means "before the checks clear."

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After which DogEater and Kommie-la purchased beach-front homes.

Is good to be in Politburo, comrades!

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:07 PM (0Eh0f)

59 We used to call Al Gore #manbearpig

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 07:08 PM (RIvkX)

60 We are looking forward to working with President Trump on establishing colonies on the so-called Greenland.

Posted by: Big Penguin at January 30, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

61 Al Gore has been very quiet lately. You would think his chakra would need attention and he would be raping someone soon.

Hey Al old buddy! Let's go! Arrrrgh!
Posted by: Al Gore's Foreskin at January 30, 2026 07:05 PM (pbej3)

Biden gave him a medal of freedom. I think that means no more bribe checks.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:08 PM (8avO+)

62 All stand for the "honorable" judge diesel dyke!

Posted by: Just some random passer by at January 30, 2026 07:08 PM (89Sog)

63 Reportedly, Minnesota's first openly homosexual governor and corrupt Democrat Senator and perpetual presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar have worked out a corrupt deal. He drops out of the governor's race, she enters it, she wins, and then she appoints him as senator to take over for her.

Klobuchar just started her forth 6yr term a year ago so it may be Senator Walz for almost 5 years.

Posted by: old chick at January 30, 2026 07:08 PM (F3Dlr)

64 Also: most of that San Jose women's volleyball team was filing suit against being forced to play with / share a locker room with this perverted guy.

And the teams that took a stand and forfeited their matches against that guy were quite brave and I applaud their willingness to stand up against the LGBT mafia.
Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (/ZkOF)

Also dorm rooms and hotel rooms.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:08 PM (8avO+)

65 Erica Gonzales, the reporter, looks like she's holding a dildo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 07:09 PM (rarFa)

66 Pro tip -- delete the text that says "advertisement" in block quotes so that no one knows you are using an adblocker.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 30, 2026 07:09 PM (1iXwP)

67 You’re Blair trans volleyball guy, graduate college.

OK, now what?

Posted by: Henry at January 30, 2026 07:09 PM (tWkg3)

68 No mass evacuations, no sirens, just... life.

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I've been assured over 10,000 times throughout the past few decades by "our betters" that we were all gonna die.

/Where's Greta "Pol Tot" Thunberg when you need her?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:09 PM (0Eh0f)

69 Does it really count if it was a horse?

Posted by: Minnesota's first openly homosexual governor at January 30, 2026 07:10 PM (TylIK)

70 Wasn't Greenland one of the places the true Penguins- the Great Auks- nested?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:10 PM (zZu0s)

71 >>> a comfortable majority of Americans (as much as 64%) want all illegals immigrants deported.

For those of you in Rio Linda that is 2 to 1.
Very favorable in a civil war.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 07:10 PM (/lPRQ)

72 It's all been a Pretti Good week, Ace.

That volley ball player is not a pretty fake woman. Whoa. Now let's see you play with your sex, bozo.

The butch judge would be my luck if I was arrested and ever had to go before a judge (not planning on it,thanks). At least she wears her butch with pride. I like identifiers for lesbos as I remain clueless unless it is obvious. Lipstick lesbians confuse me since college.

I have sadly not been productive today as IT's BEEN SO MUCH FUN!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 07:10 PM (WONhk)

73 RETARD!

Posted by: Donny Two Scoops, driving by in the beast at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (ULPxl)

74 Pro tip -- delete the text that says "advertisement" in block quotes so that no one knows you are using an adblocker.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 30, 2026 07:09 PM

Ace is out and proud.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (jc0TO)

75 Did Tipper Gore have a tight enough grip on Al's scrotum that he won't appear anywhere in Jeffrey Epstein's registry?

Al always seemed wooden and rancid.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (oT7pT)

76 I have a gripe. How come I'm never invited to these "celebrations"? I keep hearing about celebrations occurring everytime someone is a first.

Celebrated as the first woman to hold the position as...
Celebrated as the first cunnilingus enjoying woman to hold the position of...
Celebrated as the first illegal immigrant to serve as a police officer while illegally possessing a firearm (Maine)...
Celebrated as the first president to have an IQ qualifying him for disability....
Celebrated as the first candidate to win election as a man who died two months before election day....

I want in on these parties.
Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (dIske)
----
Will there be cake? I'd only go if there was cake...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (ESVrU)

77 61 Al Gore has been very quiet lately. You would think his chakra would need attention and he would be raping someone soon.

Hey Al old buddy! Let's go! Arrrrgh!
Posted by: Al Gore's Foreskin at January 30, 2026 07:05 PM (pbej3)

_______________________________

He was actually in Davos heckling. And, I'm not over emphasizing that. He was sitting in the audience and was heckling Howard Lutnick during his speech. At the end he booed him loudly.

Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (dIske)

78 Celebrated as the first president to have an IQ qualifying him for disability....
Celebrated as the first candidate to win election as a man who died two months before election day....

I want in on these parties.
Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (dIske)

Celebrated as the first Orson to comment on Ace of Spades Blog after 7 pm on Jan 30 2026....

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (8avO+)

79 My favorite part of the Alphabet People adopting the rainbow for their flag is the constant reminder that the Sodom & Gomorrah fire treatment is still on the table; the rainbow is a symbol of God's promise not to drown the world again, but He never said He wouldn't burn it all down.

Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (Sy6m/)

80 "We found our interviewees of colour as emphatic on this point as those who were white."

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At least British blacks hated Hamilton.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:12 PM (0Eh0f)

81 13 If I'm not mistaken, that's a very visible Jupiter hanging out next to the moon tonight.
Posted by: Orson

Still no word on Uranus?

Posted by: The Great Poof! at January 30, 2026 07:12 PM (oftw2)

82 How dare you!

Posted by: Greta on a Shelf at January 30, 2026 07:12 PM (vo1eO)

83 They scumbag in Arizona got fired from his real estate job. I haven't heard if the Dems bounced him , though I wouldn't be surprised to see him run for office. The McCain's might help him as q

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 30, 2026 07:13 PM (IDEQi)

84 No mass evacuations, no sirens, just... life.

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I've been assured over 10,000 times throughout the past few decades by "our betters" that we were all gonna die.

/Where's Greta "Pol Tot" Thunberg when you need her?
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:09 PM (0Eh0f)

Repeatedly sailing to Gaza looking for starving Gazans while eating the 200 pounds of supplies on her boat.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:13 PM (8avO+)

85 Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (dIske)

Celebrated as the first Orson to comment on Ace of Spades Blog after 7 pm on Jan 30 2026....
Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (8avO+)

ALL HAIL ORSON, SECOND OF HIS NAME!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:13 PM (zZu0s)

86 these posts should be titled

...While You Were Being Left Alone

Posted by: Fen at January 30, 2026 07:13 PM (ciYHQ)

87 One look at Speedy-Gonzales and you know she's a Sapphist. Of the Rosie the Bonecrusher type.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Probably has
"Cvnt Puncher"
tattooed in dripping red letters on her upper arm.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)

88 Wasn't Greenland one of the places the true Penguins- the Great Auks- nested?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:10 PM

The great auk inhabited cold North Atlantic coastal waters, breeding on rocky islands with easy access to the ocean, primarily in areas like Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and the British Isles. They required specific nesting sites that were remote and protected from predators, which limited their breeding colonies to about 20 locations.

The great auk, also known as the penguin or garefowl, is an extinct species of flightless alcid that first appeared around 400,000 years ago and became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It was not closely related to the penguins of the Southern Hemisphere, which were named for their resemblance to this species.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 30, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

89 Which one of you Morons coined the name Doom Gobblin for Greta?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 07:14 PM (jc0TO)

90 In 20 years?? Have you looked around? They're there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Hell, Gloria Steinem is still alive.
By the way, she was a CIA op.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 07:14 PM (rarFa)

91 >>> 26 I have so many problems with anthropogenic global warming it is hard to rank them, but I try.

A. Firstly, is the Earth warming? Maybe, a little bit. It's hard to say with our limited data.
B. Are we causing it, I don't see much evidence of that. We would need a much better understanding, if possible, of a million constantly changing variables.
C. If it happening, is it a bad thing? I don't think so, in fact, I am in favor of causing more warming if we had that ability.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (jc0TO)

Hi!

Posted by: GREENland at January 30, 2026 07:14 PM (ULPxl)

92 Reportedly, Minnesota's first openly homosexual governor and corrupt Democrat Senator and perpetual presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar have worked out a corrupt deal. He drops out of the governor's race, she enters it, she wins, and then she appoints him as senator to take over for her.

Klobuchar just started her forth 6yr term a year ago so it may be Senator Walz for almost 5 years.
Posted by: old chick at January 30, 2026 07:08 PM (F3Dlr)
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"Governor graft" must have dried up, so Walz is looking to get in on "Senator graft."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 07:14 PM (ESVrU)

93 Judge Speedy-Gonzalez looks like she’s wearing a Mexican flag thingy

Probably has her brother, Speedo Gonzalez, reading to the kids at story hour.

Posted by: t-bird at January 30, 2026 07:14 PM (yr56r)

94 one of my sons was at A&M when Robert Gates was picked as President of the school. His first move was to kill the Journo college.

"All they do is run down the school".

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 07:14 PM (8uzBS)

95 If you haven’t seen his male advantage, you need to watch this.

This is Brayden “Blaire” Fleming dominating in the San Jose State vs Fresno State match with 20 kills and .410 hitting %.

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Has anyone ever seen Brayden “Blaire” Fleming and Brittney Griner in the same room at the same time?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:14 PM (0Eh0f)

96 Great auks were found throughout the North Atlantic.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 07:15 PM (77rzZ)

97 My favorite part of the Alphabet People adopting the rainbow for their flag is the constant reminder that the Sodom & Gomorrah fire treatment is still on the table; the rainbow is a symbol of God's promise not to drown the world again, but He never said He wouldn't burn it all down.
Posted by: SciVo at January 30, 2026 07:11 PM (Sy6m/)

I think you'll find that the Flooding promise isn't legally binding....

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:15 PM (8avO+)

98 Still no word on Uranus?
Posted by: The Great Poof!

Still no real plans to probe it since 1986, sadly.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 07:15 PM (gKWVE)

99 Speedy looks like a diesel dyke who's wearing flannel shirt and denim under the robe, but I doubt she walks the walk. Probably doesn't know the difference between a spanner and a spud wrench.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 30, 2026 07:15 PM (36QIT)

100 one of my sons was at A&M when Robert Gates was picked as President of the school. His first move was to kill the Journo college.

"All they do is run down the school".
Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 07:14 PM (8uzBS)

What, wait? Where is this hero now??

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)

101 Saw a current pic of NYHarbor and only the forearm and torch of the Statue of Liberty are above water. Al Gore was right!

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at January 30, 2026 07:16 PM (oftw2)

102 It's so nice to be back here at Carnegie Hall.

Posted by: Ray Charles at January 30, 2026 07:18 PM (m9doz)

103
Hard to pick between my favorite two Algore moments:

The 5 minute make-out session with Tipper at the podium of the 2000 Democrat Convention, or

Rocking along with John Fogerty at Ford theater when the "Ain't no Senator's son" lyric of Fortunate Son was performed.

Posted by: Auspex at January 30, 2026 07:18 PM (Y8DZL)

104 Just found out Catherine O’Hara died.

Bummer.

Loved her in Best in Show.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 30, 2026 07:19 PM (XV/Pl)

105 She has refused to take down the gay flags she hangs in her court (illegal political messaging from what is supposed to be a dispassionate objective judge) ...

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Does her courtroom also have a naked statue of Lady Justice with no blindfold, holding a pair of testicles instead of scales (with penis attached) and -- instead of a sword -- holding a gun to her head?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:19 PM (0Eh0f)

106 It's so nice to be back here at Carnegie Hall.
Posted by: Ray Charles at January 30, 2026 07:18 PM

To see and be seen?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 30, 2026 07:20 PM (0sNs1)

107 Would you feel as if this judge was ruling without fear or favor if you had the misfortune to be hailed into her court?

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"THAT'S A MAN, BABY!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:20 PM (0Eh0f)

108 She looks a lot like the other Rosie in Ireland.

Posted by: Mr. Bean Natural at January 30, 2026 07:20 PM (EtfYd)

109 102 It's so nice to be back here at Carnegie Hall.
Posted by: Ray Charles

youtube.com/watch?v=uZt1xKtPbUQ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 07:21 PM (rarFa)

110 "Governor graft" must have dried up, so Walz is looking to get in on "Senator graft."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

He's collecting pensions. Maybe he will retire to China and take his loon wife and activist daughter with him.

Posted by: old chick at January 30, 2026 07:21 PM (F3Dlr)

111 102 It's so nice to be back here at Carnegie Hall.
Posted by: Ray Charles at January 30, 2026 07:18 PM (m9doz)

see. that's what happens.

Posted by: Allen Iverson at January 30, 2026 07:22 PM (w/O5Q)

112 What, wait? Where is this hero now??

I think he's about to be a DE at TxDOT.

Oh, you meant Gates? Lives in Washington near the mountains.

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 07:23 PM (8uzBS)

113 Mark Holodnak (or whatever) from Arizona and yelling at girls, he sho' is ugly! Need to trans, man, to an ugly woman! Or just wear a burlap bag over your head to spare the rest of us! WHOA! He lost the looks lottery in all areas. He doesn't even have a "nice personality!"

Nose like a rotten potato. The rest offers nothing positive.

Some people should not be allowed in public. *Granted I think my family says this about me, but not because of the way I look.

In the definition of "troll" his mug should be featured. He looks like the troll, as I imagined, who hid under the bridge when someone read The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Scary! RUN!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 07:23 PM (WONhk)

114 mob of protesters descend upon a group of girls in Phoenix who took selfies with ICE agents
A call from my daughter (if I had one) that she was being mobbed would have had me running red lights to obtain a police escort, and me exiting my vehicle with at least two weapons in open carry mode - and more than two magazines.

Posted by: GWB at January 30, 2026 07:23 PM (Cphwz)

115 Another insufferable politician we made to get passed over

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:23 PM (Ia/+0)

116 I said it before, but I think Pretti was actually suicidal.

Someone said he was fired "for cause" from his job. Has anything more come out? I am willing to bet he was trying to be martyred. Maybe not killed, but roughed up for the cause.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 30, 2026 07:24 PM (1iXwP)

117 Is there a reason the men's volleyball net is 7 1/2" higher than the women's?

Of course not.

Posted by: t-bird at January 30, 2026 07:24 PM (yr56r)

118 The dumb people, on the other hand, are really good at being cannon fodder and useful corpses.

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"If you make the most of your education, study hard, and make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq."

-- John F'ing Kerry, speaking at Pasadena City College in 2006

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:24 PM (0Eh0f)

119 while wearing a Mexican tricolor sash
In violation of her oath, seems like.

Posted by: GWB at January 30, 2026 07:25 PM (Cphwz)

120 If any person was a candidate for a burqa, that judge is it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 07:25 PM (snZF9)

121 There's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in Speedy's ass.

Where do they find these activist fucks and how do they get in the door?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 07:26 PM (oT7pT)

122 I turned on a show about Cleopatra and...she was black.

Not Greek like in the actual history, not Egyptian like you'd assume if you aren't familiar with history.

Click.

Of course I hear Netflix made a movie about a Viking King and had him played by...a black woman.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2026 07:26 PM (sKqQm)

123 The takeaway is that most Americans simply don’t care about Alex Pretti or Renee Good.

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Four years from now: "Who?"

"Former FAFO Darwin Award Winners from four years ago."

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:27 PM (0Eh0f)

124 Serve? Like hard time?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 30, 2026 07:27 PM (i0Hi3)

125 I was at a Stevie Wonder concert, some drunk tossed a bottle at him and Stevie ducked. Been skeptical ever since. Also very leery about the whole Helen Keller thing.

Posted by: Nobody's Fool at January 30, 2026 07:27 PM (oftw2)

126 Where do they find these activist fucks and how do they get in the door?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Lavender Mafia

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 07:27 PM (gKWVE)

127 103
Hard to pick between my favorite two Algore moments:

The 5 minute make-out session with Tipper at the podium of the 2000 Democrat Convention

I referred to that as a tonsillectomy.

Then I threw up.

I'd say my favorite Gore moment was when a masseuse referred to him as a Sex Poodle who wanted her to reach his special chakra. I laughed hysterically over this for awhile.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 07:27 PM (WONhk)

128 This Holodnek guy is/was a realtor in Phoenix. I found him on Realtor.com the other day and several folks had already left pretty brutal reviews based on this incident, but another review was older and suggested that he was not a real people-pleaser. Profile is now gone.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 30, 2026 07:28 PM (4b7CV)

129 There seems to be a few conservative Black YouTube video guys

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

130 One of the greatest differences between the left and the right is looking at our reactions to Global warming.

The right looks at decades of predictions that were all wrong and says "these guys are full of bullshit"

The left sticks its fingers in its ears while going "I can' hear you!" and then berate us that no really in 10 years the earth will die if we don't end fossil fuel use NOW.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2026 07:29 PM (sKqQm)

131 Nobody could have predicted 20 years ago that Al Gore's understanding of Carbon might be a hoax.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 07:00 PM (oT7pT)

Vast numbers of us did exactly that. ???

Posted by: GWB at January 30, 2026 07:29 PM (Cphwz)

132 Also very leery about the whole Helen Keller thing.
Posted by: Nobody's Fool

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I never believed any of that stuff with her, but I never cared enough to look into it.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 30, 2026 07:30 PM (1iXwP)

133 > "Governor graft" must have dried up, so Walz is looking to get in on "Senator graft."
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I'm not entirely sure he was smart enough to get in on it on the ground floor. Sure... he was grifting, who in politics isn't?

I think the entire Somali fraud scheme was done behind his back. Maybe thinking as VP he'd be "pliable" for things. He just doesn't strike me as remotely intelligent.

And IMO his political career is toast. But... who knows.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 07:30 PM (jtM2q)

134 123 The takeaway is that most Americans simply don’t care about Alex Pretti or Renee Good.

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Four years from now: "Who?"

"Former FAFO Darwin Award Winners from four years ago."
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:27 PM (0Eh0f)

_______________________________

Hi there. Remember me? I was so fantastically stupid, and my demise wonderfully horrific, that it's hard to forget. Everytime someone orders flat bread, or pancakes....who do they think of....MEEEEEeeeeee!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at January 30, 2026 07:30 PM (dIske)

135 Of course I hear Netflix made a movie about a Viking King and had him played by...a black woman.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2026 07:26 PM (sKqQm)

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That was the mediocre TV series "Vikings: Valhalla" (History Channel sequel to the very good -- until they killed off Ragnar (spoiler alert!) -- series "Vikings").

And yes, you could hear a loud collective groan across the fandom at the time ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:31 PM (0Eh0f)

136 In fairness, my fourth chakra is still rising.
Posted by: Al Gore at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

/hammers it back down with a 5 pound sledgehammer/

Posted by: GWB at January 30, 2026 07:31 PM (Cphwz)

137 Rigged deal by Walz and Klobuchar. Trump's words: "They're not bringing their best."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 07:31 PM (EoDGC)

138 Marco Foster
@MarcoFoster_
Stephen Colbert: “Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces.”

-
At least the Gestapo had a sense of fashion!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 07:31 PM (J+Psw)

139 Wasn't Greenland one of the places the true Penguins- the Great Auks- nested?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:10 PM (zZu0s)

What about the Mostly Satisfactory Auks?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2026 07:32 PM (8zz6B)

140 I was at a Stevie Wonder concert, some drunk tossed a bottle at him and Stevie ducked. Been skeptical ever since. Also very leery about the whole Helen Keller thing.

There have been claims since she first made the news that Helen's nurse made up much of what is attributed to her. Is it true? Hard to say now obviously.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2026 07:32 PM (sKqQm)

141 toby928(c)

IF you took all of mankind's energy output, double it to add for the "disturbance of Gaia", that is still 1/300,000,000 of the energy the Earth gets from the Sun.

We are so insignificant, we are not even a rounding error on a flat baseline.

Publius, you want to check my math? I ran out of fingers and toes and appendages a while bac in the calculationk.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

142 123 The takeaway is that most Americans simply don’t care about Alex Pretti or Renee Good.

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Four years from now: "Who?"

"Former FAFO Darwin Award Winners from four years ago."
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:27 PM (0Eh0f

In a month, they're both gonna be the "oh, yeah" response without looking up from the phone. They stupidly got themselves killed to satisfy the needs of a handfull of very wealthy people that would not have ever acknowledged them. Dumb.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 30, 2026 07:32 PM (4b7CV)

143 Everytime someone orders flat bread, or pancakes....who do they think of....MEEEEEeeeeee!
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at January 30, 2026 07:30 PM

Honestly, I get name-dropped here *way* more than you do.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 30, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

144 my favorite Gore moment was when a masseuse referred to him as a Sex Poodle who wanted her to reach his special chakra. I laughed hysterically over this for awhile.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

My instinct at the time was "yaaahh you're just saying that for the attention" and then immediately Tipper filed for divorce.
There must have been a pattern. (Apart from me being wrong.)
Dave Barry once made a joke about Al trolling for poon on the internet (which Al invented), and now I have to wonder if Barry had heard rumors too.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 07:33 PM (gKWVE)

145 Klobuchar just started her forth 6yr term a year ago so it may be Senator Walz for almost 5 years.
Posted by: old chick
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Members and Senators get lifetime pensions (and damned good ones) at 5 years. Is Timmy looking at a new grift?
I.worked a few places back before defined contribution plans (401k) took over from defined benefit plans (pensions). The shortest vesting period in any of them was 6 years for a 30% benefit, scaling up to full benefit at 15 years. The other two didn't pro-rate it, a full 10 years or nothing. Is it amazing as how the bosses bonus is always structured easier than the workers, and how the law makers make laws for themselves? /sarc

Posted by: buddhaha at January 30, 2026 07:33 PM (36QIT)

146
109 102 It's so nice to be back here at Carnegie Hall.
Posted by: Ray Charles
youtube.com/watch?v=uZt1xKtPbUQ

Love Etta James! Here's some more traditional music:

youtube.com/watch?v=uZt1xKtPbUQ

Posted by: Auspex at January 30, 2026 07:33 PM (Y8DZL)

147 That was the mediocre TV series "Vikings: Valhalla" (History Channel sequel to the very good -- until they killed off Ragnar (spoiler alert!) -- series "Vikings").

And yes, you could hear a loud collective groan across the fandom at the time ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:31 PM

It went downhill a bit after they killed off Athelstan. Up until that moment I thought it was his story, a sort of What I saw among the Vikings.

I also enjoyed The Last Kingdom and was very happy that they completed the whole story arc with that one.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 07:34 PM (jc0TO)

148 Stephen Colbert: “Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces.”

That's because once the German National Socialist took over they killed anyone that opposed them so why would they need to mask up?

And let's be clear if Colbert was in Germany under Hitler and made the same comments about the Fuhrer he makes about Trump he would already be dead.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2026 07:34 PM (sKqQm)

149 Publius, you want to check my math? I ran out of fingers and toes and appendages a while bac in the calculationk.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I'd help but that digit is kinda sore right now.

Posted by: Bill Gates, Jr at January 30, 2026 07:34 PM (gKWVE)

150 He calls for a revolution but it's the other side (the Right) who is starting a Civil War?

These people can't be any more retarded.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 07:34 PM (cwGMH)

151 I said it before, but I think Pretti was actually suicidal.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

He had a dog that has been said he adored and took on hikes, etc. It recently died, I read it passed a few months back.
It's possible he was of the mind to go out with the fantasy image of a hero, not an unemployed loser.

Posted by: old chick at January 30, 2026 07:34 PM (F3Dlr)

152 Celebrated as the first cunnilingus enjoying woman to hold the position of...
Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 07:06 PM (dIske)

Ummmm... I think that one would have happened a LONG time ago........

Posted by: GWB at January 30, 2026 07:35 PM (Cphwz)

153 The left sticks its fingers in its ears while going "I can' hear you!" and then berate us that no really in 10 years the earth will die if we don't end fossil fuel use NOW.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2026 07:29 PM (sKqQm)

We are also out of Oil, and have all died to gun violence.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2026 07:35 PM (mP0Kj)

154 I'm not entirely sure he was smart enough to get in on it on the ground floor. Sure... he was grifting, who in politics isn't?

I think the entire Somali fraud scheme was done behind his back. Maybe thinking as VP he'd be "pliable" for things. He just doesn't strike me as remotely intelligent.

------------

Tampon Tim was just another ChiComm useless idiot.

It's possible that the ChiComms -- intent on destabilizing the USA from within and collapsing us without a shot -- paid him (and who knows how many others there and nationwide?) to look the other way.

As Peter Schweizer proves in his latest book: The Mexican Cartels (and Reconquista Movement); the ChiComms; and the Muslim Bros are actively subverting, undermining, funding, sponsoring, and attempting to destroy America.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:36 PM (0Eh0f)

155 135 I enjoyed both shows and groaned at the black chick being queen or whatever. Valhalla entertained me. I haven't seen the last season because you need Netflix and that's a nope from me.

Posted by: turambar at January 30, 2026 07:36 PM (Q0yOR)

156 Bexar County is San Antonio. The Cartels own that city like they owned Caracas.
A sideshow freak like her is useful just to run interference and keep people’s eyes off the massive amount of official corruption going on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 07:36 PM (ai6/n)

157 151 I said it before, but I think Pretti was actually suicidal.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

He had a dog that has been said he adored and took on hikes, etc. It recently died, I read it passed a few months back.
It's possible he was of the mind to go out with the fantasy image of a hero, not an unemployed loser.
Posted by: old chick at January 30, 2026 07:34 PM (F3Dlr)

Saw unverified reports he deleted most if not all of his social media content?

Suicide by Cop so he could be a martyr? It would be the ONLY way anyone would ever remember his name.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2026 07:37 PM (mP0Kj)

158 I like when Al Gore went on a late night show and commented that the earth's inner cores were a million degrees.

Retard level intelligence.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 07:37 PM (cwGMH)

159 Al Gore is an idiot. He picked Lieberman for his running mate when he should have picked that old criminal Bob Graham. Floridians loved Bob Graham. Floridians would have voted for Al because that is how stupid they were and still are.

Posted by: Zombie Lawton Chiles at January 30, 2026 07:37 PM (pbej3)

160 I ran out of fingers and toes and appendages a while bac in the calculationk.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 07:32 PM

We certainly enjoyed your capability to count to twenty-two!

Posted by: The Signoras of Augusta Bay Port Facility at January 30, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

161 99 Speedy looks like a diesel dyke who's wearing flannel shirt and denim under the robe, but I doubt she walks the walk. Probably doesn't know the difference between a spanner and a spud wrench.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 30, 2026 07:15 PM (36QIT)

Sure she does. Those are the names of her various dildoes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 07:38 PM (I40wl)

162 Stevie Wonder once used the stand-up pay phone next to the one that I was using, ATL airport. That's all I got.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 30, 2026 07:38 PM (XeU6L)

163 The Signoras of Augusta Bay Port Facility

On the nose!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 07:38 PM (u82oZ)

164 I really H8 our Marxists

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

165 I said it before, but I think Pretti was actually suicidal.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

He had a dog that has been said he adored and took on hikes, etc. It recently died, I read it passed a few months back.
It's possible he was of the mind to go out with the fantasy image of a hero, not an unemployed loser.
Posted by: old chick at January 30, 2026 07:34 PM (F3Dlr)

--------------

Munchausen's-by-Sheltie?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:39 PM (0Eh0f)

166 So one day at my watering hole I hear Walx claim the he needed IVF to get his wife pregnant.
The he describes the process and I ask someone watching the TV is that IVF.
He say no that is insemination.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 30, 2026 07:39 PM (gbOdA)

167 Walz is openly gay?

Did I miss the announcement?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (O/gWh)

168 Yikes. That Arizona guy has a face that launched a thousand Chris Hansens

Posted by: Wally at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (0e5Te)

169
And IMO his political career is toast. But... who knows.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 07:30 PM (jtM2q)

From major party VP nom to can't run for Governor in sixteen months is quite a slide.

Posted by: Liz Cheney at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (w/O5Q)

170 Skip

Compared to how I feel, hate is such a weak word.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (u82oZ)

171 Speedy looks like a diesel dyke who's wearing flannel shirt and denim under the robe,
----
Chain wallet?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (XeU6L)

172 What we can learn from Blaire Fleming tragic outing and how to protect yourself. Basically, this group of garbage human beings running a wordpress site with a bunch of extensions targeted an otherwise completely stealth transgender player and forcibly outed her.

She played for years without any issue. She was a mediocre player in a mediocre league, and no one had any problem until she was outed against her will.

my trans friend competed in hundreds of races, usually ending up mid-field. One day… ONE DAY her nutrition is on point, she’s at the peak of her current fitness schedule, no bike issues, able to get perfect position for a 3rd place finish AND SUDDENLY it’s a problem for the sport.

NO ONE is transitioning so they can dominate in sports. That’s ridiculous. And the "common sense" argument has no weight in any of the transgender issues of sports, what is a women, there are only two genders, etc. ad nauseum. It was once "common sense" that the earth was flat.

There is a compromise available: the regulatory bodies of individual sports could set their own regulations for what level of hormones/transitioning is acceptable.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (ycI94)

173 But you exclusionary bastards missed it!

Star Trek gives pacifist Klingon named "Jay-Den" two polyamorous refugee dads

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (J+Psw)

174 In 2022, female high school volleyball player Payton Mcnabb was severely injured by a high-speed volleyball hit by a trans female -- whose (his) name has not been released.

From the looks of that game, the sport hasn't learned anything about protecting females
.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 07:41 PM (otJlS)

175 So gee, who are these "protesters" that are demanding all deportations are "Nazi/Fascist/Evil Empire" actions?

They are idiots and paid activists, and communists and foreign based/funded terrorists. Yet they have mostly been given full support by the mainstream (terrorist) media (and anti-America Democrats, of course).

Posted by: illiniwek at January 30, 2026 07:41 PM (vbXSk)

176 nood, nood I say

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:41 PM (/enuJ)

177 167 Walz is openly gay?

Did I miss the announcement?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (O/gWh)

He hasn't denied it.

Posted by: davidt at January 30, 2026 07:41 PM (Q+gd/)

178 > As Peter Schweizer proves in his latest book: The Mexican Cartels (and Reconquista Movement); the ChiComms; and the Muslim Bros are actively subverting, undermining, funding, sponsoring, and attempting to destroy America.
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:36 PM (0Eh0f)
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A fair amount (a lot) of the monies used to destabilize the US is from China. Several of the billionaires fingered as funding the unrest are associated with the ChiComs.

It is, at heart, a color revolution aimed at us. And it's ongoing. With (at least) part of our government's approval.

Mull that over....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 07:41 PM (jtM2q)

179 Honestly, I get name-dropped here *way* more than you do.
Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 30, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

It's your disarming smile.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2026 07:41 PM (8zz6B)

180 I think the entire Somali fraud scheme was done behind his back. Maybe thinking as VP he'd be "pliable" for things. He just doesn't strike me as remotely intelligent.

And IMO his political career is toast. But... who knows.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 07:30 PM (jtM2q)

No way. He may not be a prime mover, but they need his signature for too much for him to be a dupe. He's dirty.

In fact that might explain why he wanted Veep if he saw this blowing up.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:42 PM (8avO+)

181 Stevie Wonder once used the stand-up pay phone next to the one that I was using, ATL airport. That's all I got.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 30, 2026 07:38 PM (XeU6L)

Did you wave to him ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 07:42 PM (NtVYv)

182
Oops! My bad; I meant to link to this interesting music video about a foreign culture dealing with trans issues:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=thJgU9jkdU4

Posted by: Auspex at January 30, 2026 07:42 PM (Y8DZL)

183 Al Gore is an idiot. He picked Lieberman for his running mate when he should have picked that old criminal Bob Graham. Floridians loved Bob Graham. Floridians would have voted for Al because that is how stupid they were and still are.

Posted by: Zombie Lawton Chiles at January 30, 2026 07:37 PM (pbej3)

------------

Did Gore and his team ask Lieberman if he was an Israeli double-agent and working with Mossad?

/Yeah, we've come a long way baby in a quarter of a century ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 07:42 PM (0Eh0f)

184 There is a compromise available: the regulatory bodies of individual sports could set their own regulations for what level of hormones/transitioning is acceptable.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (ycI94)

I always said call their bluff and allow only fully transitioned males to play women's sports. Ain't one of them going to cut off their junk.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 07:42 PM (cwGMH)

185 26 I have so many problems with anthropogenic global warming it is hard to rank them, but I try.

A. Firstly, is the Earth warming? Maybe, a little bit. It's hard to say with our limited data.
B. Are we causing it, I don't see much evidence of that. We would need a much better understanding, if possible, of a million constantly changing variables.
C. If it happening, is it a bad thing? I don't think so, in fact, I am in favor of causing more warming if we had that ability.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 30, 2026 06:59 PM (jc0TO)

I think what gets overlooked, not mentioned, perhaps purposely, is the matter of 'scale'. The predictions I recall are maybe 1 degree C or 2 degrees F total warming. What never gets mentioned is that the average temperature of the earf is maybe around 50 F or 18 C (my guess). On an absolute temperature scale, 18C is almost 290 degrees above absolute -0-. So when we talk temperature rise, it's maybe 1 degree above the ~300 that we're already at.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:43 PM (QGaXH)

186
These DEI judges are a national embarrassment.

=================

They're a national threat.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 07:44 PM (hxCZf)

187 166 So one day at my watering hole I hear Walx claim the he needed IVF to get his wife pregnant.
The he describes the process and I ask someone watching the TV is that IVF.
He say no that is insemination.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 30, 2026 07:39 PM (gbOdA)

So, dude couldn't get it up. OK. What kinda porn did they give him to produce the sample? That would be telling.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 07:44 PM (I40wl)

188 "He had a dog that has been said he adored and took on hikes, etc. It recently died, I read it passed a few months back.
It's possible he was of the mind to go out with the fantasy image of a hero, not an unemployed loser."

And some reports say he was fired for some salacious activity with ? his patients, or whatever. He did not just quit, he was fired with cause, as I heard it.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 30, 2026 07:44 PM (vbXSk)

189 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 07:32 PM

We certainly enjoyed your capability to count to twenty-two!
Posted by: The Signoras of Augusta Bay Port Facility at January 30, 2026 07:37 PM

Wait, NaCly Dog is a Vulcan?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 30, 2026 07:44 PM (ePaHF)

190 Stephen Colbert: “Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces.”

That's because once the German National Socialist took over they killed anyone that opposed them so why would they need to mask up?

And let's be clear if Colbert was in Germany under Hitler and made the same comments about the Fuhrer he makes about Trump he would already be dead.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2026 07:34 PM (sKqQm)

Along with his family, his friends, his teachers, the dude who delivered milk, his neighbors, etc

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 07:45 PM (snZF9)

191 Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 07:45 PM (u82oZ)

192 Suicide by Cop so he could be a martyr? It would be the ONLY way anyone would ever remember his name.
Posted by: Romeo13

It's possible he wanted to die, but, also possible the rioting was just an excuse to show his seething rage at his own circumstances and not intentional suicide by cop.

I've rewatched the video of his kicking the cop car, he is walking away when the cop jumps out to confront him and he actually takes a step toward the cop before he turns tail and runs for the sidewalk.
I think he knew then that he had taken his hero fantasy too far.

Posted by: old chick at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (F3Dlr)

193 So when we talk temperature rise, it's maybe 1 degree above the ~300 that we're already at.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:43 PM (QGaXH)

During the Medieval Warming Period, settlers planted and grew grapes in Greenland. If it weren't for the plague, Europe would have doubled its population twice, at least. During the Cool Years (various names for that period), the Thames froze over and people died like flies from exposure, among other cold related maladies.

Which is the better scenerio?

And how did man-made any damned thing cause either high or low?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (I40wl)

194 And Colbert would suffer a very slow, painful death.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (otJlS)

195 I think what gets overlooked, not mentioned, perhaps purposely, is the matter of 'scale'. The predictions I recall are maybe 1 degree C or 2 degrees F total warming. What never gets mentioned is that the average temperature of the earf is maybe around 50 F or 18 C (my guess). On an absolute temperature scale, 18C is almost 290 degrees above absolute -0-. So when we talk temperature rise, it's maybe 1 degree above the ~300 that we're already at.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:43 PM (QGaXH)

Average Earth T is 15 C, or 59 degrees F

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (8avO+)

196 >>>I like when Al Gore went on a late night show and commented that the earth's inner cores were a million degrees.

Retard level intelligence.

Posted by: Opinion fact

>Al Gore has all of the charisma of a beached elephant seal. But his constitution and longevity are remarkable.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 07:49 PM (oT7pT)

197 And Colbert would suffer a very slow, painful death.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (otJlS)

Or he would just disappear and no one would mention it out of fear. THAT is the world they want for us. If you doubt that, just remember the J6 guys. And remember how many of our brave public servants even had the balls to mention them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:50 PM (zZu0s)

198 >>>I like when Al Gore went on a late night show and commented that the earth's inner cores were a million degrees.

Retard level intelligence.

Posted by: Opinion fact

>Al Gore has all of the charisma of a beached elephant seal. But his constitution and longevity are remarkable.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 07:49 PM (oT7pT)

I'm old enough to remember when Al Gore was notable for being Pro Life.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:50 PM (8avO+)

199 Oh, Joachim Phoenix is drawing links between ice and the Israeli military.

Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

200 Headline:

EU democracy now has fewer guardrails than the average hooker

By Rachel Marsden
January 31, 2026

https://tinyurl.com/y3vmnrsu

"The unelected European Commission is basically using policy and the absolute outer bounds of executive prerogative powers (that is, the powers to decide foreign policy and national security strategy) as a substitute for the checks and balances of legal due process. And they absolutely neglect to define any terms in a way that people can understand, avoid punishment, or even argue coherently that they’re not in breach. You want to accuse someone of working for Russia? What does that even mean? It’s not like we’re talking about Russian officials here.

There seems to be a rampant and ridiculous assumption that because someone works in another country and agrees with its approach on certain things, they’ve abandoned their integrity and values at the border – along with their critical faculties. As if employment abroad automatically comes with a complimentary lobotomy."

Posted by: Kindltot at January 30, 2026 08:21 PM (rbvCR)

201 The brain washing is real. Went to my weekly stitching group at a local church and took a new friend for the first time. I go to get away from the ugliness of the world. But it’s everywhere. One of the women informs us that she asked the pastor to lead us in prayer over the situation in Minneapolis. Everyone, except me, and possibly my new friend, is a flaming liberal in the blue hive I must live in. The prayer was as awful as I anticipated. Sniffling and literal tears for the two evil monsters who attacked ICE officers. A tiny prayer for ICE that officers would see the error of their ways and find some humanity and refuse to work. No tears for the raped, sex trafficked, or murdered victims of illegal immigrants. No compassion for the officers who risk their lives and the lives of their families trying to keep us safe. It was disgusting. I thought they were insufferable when Trump got elected both times and BLM. But this is going to be so much worse. I think I may have to stop going to stitch, because I’m biting my tongue so hard it’s going to detach permanently, or I’m going to explode. Stay well everyone. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Posted by: Annie Rose at January 30, 2026 08:26 PM (MQoxb)

202 Great week in woke thread!

"The takeaway is that most Americans simply don’t care about Alex Pretti or Renee Good."

This is 100% correct.

Posted by: jocon307 at January 30, 2026 08:32 PM (EuROc)

203 I dont think Lemon is going to flee to Ukraine to fight in the trenches.

Posted by: torabora at January 31, 2026 12:08 AM (J7Xka)

As Illegals Flee LA, Rent Prices Fall to a Four Year Low

The LA Times doesn't make this connection, of course.

It's all just a coinky-dink.

It just so happens that the biggest deportation drive since Eisenhower's poorly-named "Operation Wetback" coincides with the first fall in LA rental costs since, well, forever.

There's "increased housing supply," they say. No word about decreased housing demand.

"Finally, a renter's market": L.A. rent prices drop to four-year low
L.A. metro area rent prices dropped to a four-year low in December, with the median rent falling to $2,167.
Increased housing supply -- 15,095 apartments completed in 2025 -- combined with decreased demand is shifting power back toward renters for the first time in years.
Sandra Gomez braced for impact as she opened the lease renewal offer for her East L.A. apartment in September. She paid $2,000 for the last 12 months, but since the unit wasn't covered by L.A.'s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, her landlord could jack up the price for the next lease.
The new price? $1,950.
"I thought it was a mistake," Gomez said. "Since when does rent get cheaper in L.A.?"
For years, L.A. has been one of the costliest cities in the country for renters. Annual price hikes seemed inevitable, and finding the perfect apartment felt more like a competitive sport.
But data suggest that the market could be ever so slightly shifting.
The median rent in the L.A. metro area dropped to $2,167 in December -- the lowest price in four years, according to data from Apartment List that analyze new leases for one- and two-bedroom apartments in a given month. The median rent for L.A. County also dropped to a four-year low of $2,035.
The last time L.A. rents were that low was January 2022, in the wake of a furious pandemic home-buying market that saw a wave of renters buy homes for the first time, leaving apartments empty and bringing prices down.

I wonder if this drop-off mirrors a national trend.

The drop-off mirrors a national trend, as the U.S. median rent dropped to a similar four-year low in December. But within Southern California, the downturn is unique to L.A. Over the same stretch, rents rose or remained steady in Orange, Ventura and San Bernardino counties and in California as a whole.

I guess national rents are also affected by LA's supposed "increase in housing supply."

Opinions also vary on the cause, but the clearest explanation seems to be a simple case of supply and demand.

Tell me more about the demand, LA Times.

No? Don't want to talk about that?

Although L.A. has generally lagged in housing construction compared with cities such as San Diego, 2025 was a big year for new apartments hitting the market, despite several hundred multifamily buildings burning in the Palisades and Eaton fires.
...
Renters are starting to notice that the landlord-tenant balance of power is shifting, ever so slightly, toward tenants. On a Reddit post discussing the drop in rental prices, one user wrote that they pay $3,200 for a two-bedroom apartment in Koreatown, but now, the building has six vacant units listed for about $2,800.
Another user wrote that they secured a lease for $1,000 less than the previous tenant paid after noticing the unit had sat on the market with multiple price cuts.
Anthony Moore has lived in his North Hollywood apartment complex for two years, paying $2,700 for a two-bedroom unit. In the fall, he noticed similar units in the same complex listed for $2,500.
"I pay month to month, so I wasn't tied to my lease," he said. "I called my landlord and told him I wanted to pay what the other units were listing for or I would move out."
He now pays $2,500.

The article literally never mentions the country's first year of net-outwards migration in history.

It's amazing -- the media screams incessantly that deporting illegal workers will cause a labor crisis, but they absolutely refuse to mention the fact that a net-negative immigration rate will naturally cause housing prices (and all other prices) to fall.

🇺🇸Dr. Oz exposes $3.5 Billion Hospice Fraud Ring in Los Angeles Tied to Russian-Armenian Mafia

On the ground in Van Nuys, Los Angeles: in a single four-block radius, there are 42 hospices, many with Cyrillic signage, boarded up windows, and no visible patients or staff� pic.twitter.com/G6gEHX0XXm
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 28, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 06:00 PM

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (W2Pud)

2 How many willowed comments from the previous thread are gonna show up here?

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (77rzZ)

3 Somewhere, TJM is smiling.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (ULPxl)

4 And when Oz pointed this out they called him racist

Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (VE6XX)

5 But what has Trump done about the affordability crisis?!

Posted by: TJM's phone at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (GBKbO)

6 Hopefully he smiles somewhere Prometheus free.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at January 30, 2026 06:04 PM (EkDIl)

7 ‘ No word about decreased housing demand.’

Actually, the LAT do specifically mention this. They don’t tie the decrease to the obvious reasons tho.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 30, 2026 06:04 PM (r0S8E)

8 "I thought it was a mistake," Gomez said. "Since when does rent get cheaper in L.A.?"

Gavin! Get another fire going!

Posted by: t-bird at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (TylIK)

9
Beef prices are too high! What's Trump gonna do about it, huh?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (tgvbd)

10 Imagine how good it would be if we could actually deport them all...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (VE6XX)

11 I had trouble calling up the thread.
Is Pixy drunk again?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 06:06 PM (2WIwB)

12 Unexpectedly!!!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 06:06 PM (ULPxl)

13 Trumps's ICE has killed so many people that housing has become plentiful. Cemetery plot are fetching a premium though.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 06:06 PM (vFG9F)

14 Doctor Oz better watch his cornhole !

Posted by: Zardoz at January 30, 2026 06:06 PM (NtVYv)

15 There is no correlation! We have no idea why these bad things happen.

Posted by: LA City Council at January 30, 2026 06:06 PM (qFwJc)

16 The Rent's Too High Guy will be pleased.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM (vFG9F)

17 What bugs me - this thievery is OBVIOUS. Anyone can see it. You can drive around town and see it. Nobody hides it. These are not master criminals here.

And nobody said or did anything, for YEARS. All our government officials...did nothing. Didn't even try.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM (vOtXJ)

18 11 No, but the hamsters are. It’s Friday evening y’know.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM (77rzZ)

19 Immigrants leaving, yes.

Also leftoid locusts leaving California to go enshittify other places? Yes.

Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5aZAZ)

20 >>> 9
Beef prices are too high! What's Trump gonna do about it, huh?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (tgvbd)

I... I don't think he can get my heifer pregnant.

I need to schedule a vet appointment for her to get AI. No, not ChatGPT you Morons.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM (ULPxl)

21 I can not imagine a rent low enough that would make me want to live in LA.

Let alone walk in LA.

Which nobody does.

Posted by: Missing Persons at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM (jtM2q)

22 The article literally never mentions the country's first year of net-outwards migration in history.
________
There is no way that can have any beneficial effect. It is pure calamity. Millions will die horribly.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 06:08 PM (AlhUl)

23 $2,500? I’d expect pool a maid and butler for that kind of money.

Posted by: Eromero at January 30, 2026 06:08 PM (yw3eV)

24 Hey those landlords can't give all of those *donations* to democrats if they can't increase rental rates every year.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 30, 2026 06:09 PM (0N4FZ)

25 CA could have elected Larry Elder as governor during the recall, and could have elected a builder as the LA mayor. Instead they chose to reelect Newsom and they chose Bass. They chose poorly.

Rumors that Mel Gibson might run for Governor have any legs? If Passion of the Christ 2: Disciples Boogaloo does well, a lot of his sins might be forgiven by hollywood. Money forgives a lot in that town. Drunken antisemitic rants are child's play in our modern era.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:09 PM (gWBY1)

26
One operation stole $16 million; the ringleader served just two years.

===============

Brilliant.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 06:09 PM (hxCZf)

27 Opinions also vary on the cause, but the clearest explanation seems to be a simple case of supply and demand.
-----

Holy crap! The journalism industry might some day in the not-too-distant future discover....economics!

Posted by: Crusader at January 30, 2026 06:09 PM (TN0g+)

28 So, let's see, if we deport illegals we will have:

Less crime
Less identity theft
Cheaper housing
Lower welfare costs
Balanced budgets

But in exchange:
Rich people might have to pay more for their nanny's and gardeners.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (vOtXJ)

29 "$2,500? I’d expect pool a maid and butler for that kind of money.
Posted by: Eromero"

It's like that in Atlanta too. More than double what my mortgage payment was for 20 years.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (vFG9F)

30 the clearest explanation seems to be a simple case of supply and demand.
Tell me more about the demand, LA Times.

Not deportees... people bailing out of California!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (qo38o)

31 I can do exactly what Oz is doing here. I can find some crime being committed (perhaps some guy on the corner selling drugs) point and say...."That there is a crime."

I hate PT Barnum Politicians. And, that includes those in the Trump Administration. If you want to get your mug on camera and enlighten us on the criminal situation, then indentify it, charge it, prosecute it and convict it....THEN, you can put your mug in front of camera and say..."Hey, look what I just did."

Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (dIske)

32 9
Beef prices are too high! What's Trump gonna do about it, huh?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (tgvbd)

Dude, don’t have a cow!

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (pSzdp)

33 I can not imagine a rent low enough that would make me want to live in LA.

Let alone walk in LA.

Which nobody does.
Posted by: Missing Persons
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Eh, what are words for?

Posted by: Crusader at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (TN0g+)

34 Damn. I thought Hospice was the best run section of the Medicare system. I guess it has no oversight.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 06:11 PM (cwGMH)

35 deporting illegal workers will cause a labor crisis"

"Learing Crisis"

Posted by: man at January 30, 2026 06:11 PM (XuXeR)

36 It just so happens that the biggest deportation drive since Eisenhower's poorly-named "Operation Wetback" coincides with the first fall in LA rental costs since, well, forever.
-ace

I think you meant to say 'accurately named'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)

37 >>> It's amazing -- the media screams incessantly that deporting illegal workers will cause a labor crisis

The media is also failing to report that when businesses like the meat plants are cleaned out of illegal workers, and the plant posts new job openings, those jobs are filled fast by Americans, with a line out the door of people wanting to get hired.

Americans WILL do the jobs illegals do...as long as they aren't paid illegal slave wages.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:11 PM (gWBY1)

38 There are rentals available in L.A. is the same thing as when the nasty, crusty Port-O-Potty's door is unlocked and says "vacant".

Hey, if you gotta go, you gotta go.

Posted by: Pot-O-Gold Septic Service at January 30, 2026 06:12 PM (pbej3)

39
It just so happens that the biggest deportation drive since Eisenhower's poorly-named "Operation Wetback" coincides with the first fall in LA rental costs since, well, forever.

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I think Wetback is a great name.

This is the age of "Had Enough of This Shit."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 30, 2026 06:13 PM (hA/c/)

40 When his name comes up I always ask if he's given up his Turkish citizenship yet?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 06:13 PM (cwGMH)

41 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 06:13 PM (SRRAx)

42 Sister in law in Long Beach has lost her housekeeper. Employed her for years. Obvious illegal. SIL is a big time lefty. I feel so sorry for her predicament… Oh, wait, no I don’t.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 06:14 PM (pSzdp)

43 Increased housing supply is a real thing. Many projects got delayed during COVID and are only now coming online. It takes at least 5 years to plans and build any sizeable housing development.

I’d also like to see home buying has fared during this time. My best guesstimate is that buying was soft the last few years because of Biden’s insane interest rates, but has now picked up. That would mean some renters are now buyers.

But surely, kicking out hordes of illegals certainly decreased demand. I’d like to see the rental rates broken down by cost. I’d assume the illegals were renting at the low end and this jacking up prices there.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 30, 2026 06:14 PM (r0S8E)

44 Foreigners are raping Americans both literally and financially.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 30, 2026 06:15 PM (Vh9CX)

45 Here in Utah, Democrats are attacking Republican signature gatherers and tearing up gathered signatures.

The Democrats convinced a state judge to throw out the Utah congressional map and instead substitute one drawn by far leftists, guaranteeing the creation of a far left stalinist house district. State GOP is trying to get the law the judge relied on overturned. And now Democrats are attacking the signature gatherers.

Direct, naked violence to prevent Democracy. https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/01/29/ utah-republican-signature-gatherers-assaulted-as- national-activist-groups-aim-to-repeal-redistricting-law/

Take out the spaces.

Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 30, 2026 06:15 PM (/ZkOF)

46 41 Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 06:13 PM (SRRAx)

Hello, beautiful. I did, indeed, buy the yarn.😁

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 06:15 PM (pSzdp)

47 "The median rent in the L.A. metro area dropped to $2,167 in December "

In New Orleans (a different LA) I paid $400/mo for a two bedroom in a nice neighborhood, two blocks from the lake. Of course that was the 1990s, but still, I can't imagine paying $2k for rent.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 30, 2026 06:15 PM (vbXSk)

48 This kind of phenomena can easily happen when you open the borders and you let a third-world shithole empty out their prisons and asylums and subsidize the inmates' journey to America.

Welcome to the Melting Pot.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 06:16 PM (oT7pT)

49
And when Oz pointed this out they called him racist
Posted by: It's me donna

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Now it's the Armenians who are mightily offended that someone notes that a mess of fraudsters are Armenian.

We are plagued with this tribalist bullshit. People leave their shitty old countries because they can't get ahead thanks to nepotism, tribalism, caste systems, other types of favoritism and all that garbage -- and then they replicate it in America.

I don't know how many generations it takes for these identity-obsessed immigrants to get the hell over themselves; seems some take longer than others.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (hxCZf)

50 I’d also like to see home buying has fared during this time.
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Numbers we discussed this morning included total sales of around 6 million homes during 2021 (crazy cash and rates in the 2's), the number dropped to just over 5 million in 2022 when rates began to rise, and that the number for 2025 looks to be just over 3.9 million homes.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (TN0g+)

51 Illegals could pay exorbitant rent prices because they lived 10 to a two bedroom apartment.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (0KSrI)

52 Willowed, from Sam McGee:

>>> So here's some awful stuff going down in Utah. Violence against Republican signature gatherers. https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/01/29/ utah-republican-signature-gatherers-assaulted-as- national-activist-groups-aim-to-repeal-redistricting-law/

Background: Utah has 4 Congressional districts, all gerrymandered to give moderate GOP advantage. Leftists hate that. So they got a state judge to throw out our congressional maps and instead use a map designed by some far left group in Virginia, guaranteeing them a seat that would make Stalin look conservative. The state GOP is gathering signatures to repeal the law the judge used. And now leftists are attacking the signature gatherers and destroying the gathered signatures. The comments to that article are all about "The GOP is trying to protect Trump so it's ok to hurt the gatherers!!! REEEE!"

I hope Ace or some blogger sees this. Just open, in your face violence now from leftists.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:18 PM (gWBY1)

53 Who's having bananas and rice tonight? They say if you do, you'll get rich.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 06:18 PM (AlhUl)

54 I was reliably informed by my friends' ex-wife's PhD lefty bitch mother that the homeless problem in L.A. was due to insufficient housing. If I could stand that midwit retard I might follow up and see if the homeless problem has disappeared as well.

Posted by: Croaker at January 30, 2026 06:19 PM (AUB4U)

55 Illegals are killing Americans. Woman's 22 year old daughter severely disabled after an illegal ran into her and fled the scene:

https://tinyurl.com/2f6erxpz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2026 06:19 PM (Bw1/o)

56 Friend at work said his gardener disappeared recently

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 06:19 PM (NtVYv)

57 The median rent in the L.A. metro area dropped to $2,167 in December "

That’s cheap! Median rent in NYC is $4000. In Manhattan? $5000.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 30, 2026 06:20 PM (r0S8E)

58 56 Friend at work said his gardener disappeared recently
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 06:19 PM (NtVYv)
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Do any Haitians live nearby?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 06:20 PM (AlhUl)

59
I don't know how many generations it takes for these identity-obsessed immigrants to get the hell over themselves; seems some take longer than others.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (hxCZf)

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Some of us never have.

Posted by: The Irish at January 30, 2026 06:21 PM (tgvbd)

60 Sam McGee, you'd think Utah lefties would realize, after the shooting of Charlie Kirk, that political violence in Utah is a bad look. But I bet the MN lawlessness has emboldened them.

Turning one of Utah's districts blue would be huge, and once done it will be almost impossible to undo. I get why they are so desperate to make it happen. I just hate that when the left is having victories on gerrymandering, making other blue states bright blue, Utah might have a big loss.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:21 PM (gWBY1)

61
I think the general public not on the take/grift are the minority. It seems everywhere you look people are stealing from the governments.

The working poor are the suckers. They work to pay for the grifters.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 30, 2026 06:21 PM (IifOV)

62 51 Illegals could pay exorbitant rent prices because they lived 10 to a two bedroom apartment.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (0KSrI)

That's here.. We live in an area with vineyards and a lot of winery workers.. Multiple people and cars at homes. Of course this is a sanctuary City, County, State so they are pretty much still here.. Average price for a small 3 bedroom is about 2500 dollars

Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 06:21 PM (VE6XX)

63 Where’s Fox Butterfield on this one?

Despite fleeing immigrants, rent prices become more affordable….

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:22 PM (Hkcdp)

64 Wow, who could have seen that coming...except all of us.
And don't look now, but wages will go up too, as the supply of cheap under-the-table labor dries up.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 30, 2026 06:22 PM (XMwZJ)

65 Friend at work said his gardener disappeared recently
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 06:19 PM (NtVYv)

Is his name Samwise Gamgee? Because I might know where he went.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 30, 2026 06:22 PM (0aYVJ)

66 My first rental... a one bedroom "junior" apartment in Alexandria, VA circa 1985 was $550/month.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 06:22 PM (jtM2q)

67 Yum yum shit
Yummy shit pebbles
In my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 30, 2026 06:23 PM (29YUm)

68 >>> Who's having bananas and rice tonight? They say if you do, you'll get rich.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 06:18 PM (AlhUl)

I did love that one Somali lady at a hearing, that was like we are so much more than the stereotype of bananas and rice! And then when she went on, the only example she had was...to bring up bananas and rice. Not sending their best.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:23 PM (gWBY1)

69
Lots of school districts seeing plunging enrollments as well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:23 PM (tgvbd)

70 Scott Pressler has been getting signatures in Utah.
He’s tireless!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Hkcdp)

71 Ohhh, supply and demand work after all

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

72 Russian Armenian? I would not have thought that would be a mafia combo. Of course have heard of russian mafia and not surprised at Armenian mafia but the combo seems weird to me.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Sokdp)

73 46 41 Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 06:13 PM (SRRAx)

Hello, beautiful. I did, indeed, buy the yarn.😁
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 06:15 PM (pSzdp)

Hooray!

When we went on our Alaska cruise, I gave into temptation most grievously - her name was "Quviut", and I was powerless to resist her charms....

I felt kinda guilty about it, but one month later, I was diagnosed with this aggressive cancer, given less than a year to live, and hence my " catchphrase" was born.

To my credit, EVERYBODY got little Quviut scarves for Christmas that year (and so did a couple of lucky Texas MoMe attendees).

I don't think I have any of that yarn left, so I stopped feeling guilty about the money I spent 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (SRRAx)

74 Turning one of Utah's districts blue would be huge, and once done it will be almost impossible to undo. I get why they are so desperate to make it happen. I just hate that when the left is having victories on gerrymandering, making other blue states bright blue, Utah might have a big loss.
Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:21 PM (gWBY1)

They are doing to Utah what they did to Colorado. Glad we moved to Idaho, but I am seeing plenty of signs that the same thing is happening here. Outrunning the locusts is exhausting.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (0aYVJ)

75 AK prices for real estate are high. Everything is up here. My mortgage for two acres and a two bedroom with awesome garage and three useful outbuildings is about $2500, so a steal. But in Anchorage it would be twice that.

My son’s two bedroom condo is $1100 plus condo fees are $340. No land. In not the best part of town. Spenard has its charms but low rent ain’t one of them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (pSzdp)

76
Rumors that Mel Gibson might run for Governor have any legs? If Passion of the Christ 2: Disciples Boogaloo does well, a lot of his sins might be forgiven by hollywood. Money forgives a lot in that town. Drunken antisemitic rants are child's play in our modern era.
Posted by: LizLem

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I saw an X post where he was complaining about the state of California politics while a supertitle "Should I run for governor?" floated over his image.

And Jewish people are forbearing to a fault as we know. Not long after his antisemitic rant, I attended a conservative event in L.A. where a Jewish lawyer guest speaker said that Yes, he would speak to Mel Gibson. He wasn't being Mr. Squish, just Mr. I'm Willing To Listen and Forgive.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (hxCZf)

77 68 >>> Who's having bananas and rice tonight? They say if you do, you'll get rich.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 06:18 PM (AlhUl)

I did love that one Somali lady at a hearing, that was like we are so much more than the stereotype of bananas and rice! And then when she went on, the only example she had was...to bring up bananas and rice. Not sending their best.
Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:23 PM (gWBY1)
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My fear is that they ARE sending their best. She's as good as it gets.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (AlhUl)

78 I now want to chip the illegals. So when stuff happens and they scurry like cockroaches when the light hits them. Where do they go? Did the self deporters really deport for money? Or move to NJ.

If we had chips in them we could tell. In the event they are settling down to create more fraud and bambinos.

I don't want to be chipped, nor normal people as the sign of satan, but for illegals I am all for it. So it's not for all, just illegals when they are arrested and stupidly set free to murder and rape again in blue states.

For the first time I am liking Dr. Oz.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (WONhk)

79 Russian Armenian? I would not have thought that would be a mafia combo. Of course have heard of russian mafia and not surprised at Armenian mafia but the combo seems weird to me.
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An Armenian owned an Italian restaurant in OKC a decade or so ago. Great food, and nothing but Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin playing on the sound system.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at January 30, 2026 06:26 PM (TN0g+)

80 Like the fly-by-night truck companies that close up under one name and open up under a new one. Thoese "hospices" will do the same thing, unless the government gets qiae.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 06:26 PM (Xbquz)

81 LizLem, she was speaking because allegedly ICE mishandled her resulting in a concussion - hence, the bandaids.

Then she got arrested a few days ago for harassing ICE. She’s more than bananas and rice, she’s beating ICE, heh. Victim card revoked!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:26 PM (Hkcdp)

82 On Thursday evening, Newsom announced that his office was filing a civil rights complaint with HHS, accusing Oz of discrimination, The Associated Press reported. According to the complaint, Newsom’s office argued that Oz, in a video, “spewed baseless and racially charged allegations” that risked chilling participation in hospice and home care programs among the Armenian community.

The governor’s office noted Oz's claims had “already caused real-world harm” by reducing business at an Armenian bakery that is shown in the video.

Posted by: SMOD at January 30, 2026 06:27 PM (GITLP)

83 don't think I have any of that yarn left, so I stopped feeling guilty about the money I spent 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (SRR

Quiviut is a drug. So nice to work with and wear.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 06:27 PM (pSzdp)

84 What Utah had a law was that an "independent commission" would draw our congressional districts.

The net result is that we got a far left NGO drawing our districts, and all the leftists are screaming that it's fascist and illegal to want anything different, and now they are using force to try to prevent any changes.

Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 30, 2026 06:29 PM (/ZkOF)

85 As expected.

@LeadingReport
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3m
BREAKING: Judge releases Don Lemon without bail.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 30, 2026 06:29 PM (mlg/3)

86
Looking at $2500/mo for a student efficiency near the UC Berkeley campus.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 30, 2026 06:30 PM (hA/c/)

87 I remember getting into an argument with that bright spark John Podhoretz over email about the Passion. He insisted it was an antisemitic movie. My point is that Mr Gibson was saying ALL OF HUMANITY sucked ass (except Mary.) There was a reason Gibson used his own two hands on film to drive the nails. He is as guilty as any.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

88 85 As expected.

@LeadingReport
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3m
BREAKING: Judge releases Don Lemon without bail.
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Monday he has to be in a courtroom in MPLS.

Posted by: beckster at January 30, 2026 06:30 PM (I7J98)

89 Not sending their best.

she's as good as they got

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 06:31 PM (8uzBS)

90 22
'The article literally never mentions the country's first year of net-outwards migration in history.
There is no way that can have any beneficial effect. It is pure calamity. Millions will die horribly.'

Still worth it to have the illegals gone.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 30, 2026 06:31 PM (fd80v)

91
16 The Rent's Too High Guy will be pleased.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM

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From Heaven.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 30, 2026 06:31 PM (hA/c/)

92 Missed previous thread: Anybody who believed that CIA Barbie and her merry band of marxists, were centrists, are either lying or retarded.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 30, 2026 06:32 PM (Iz+f5)

93 Scott is in Utah? Oh, I feel so much better about the signatures getting got in Utah, then. He is the best.

He's hinted at running for office. He would be AMAZING. But he is also irreplaceable at the moment for what he does. As we've learned from Charlie's death, some people truly are one of a kind. Scott is one of those. He needs to get replacements for his work in place, before he leaves it to run for office. People who are as dedicated, tireless, and ethical as he is. We can't afford to lose him just yet.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:32 PM (gWBY1)

94 BREAKING: Judge releases Don Lemon without bail.
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Just like J'6rs not

Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 06:32 PM (VE6XX)

95 Speaking of L.A. Times - I was a long-term subscriber, long after most people stopped. About two years ago I finally cancelled once and for all. Then, just before this past Christmas it started up again on it's own. I went into my subscriber account and it still showed me as 'Cancelled'. I was going to call them but then - going thru the accumulated 'junk mail' - I found a card from them saying I was getting a 'free' subscription starting Dec until May.

I'm going to call them and tell them 'don't bother'. I only get the Sunday paper in print - but I don't want my neighbors to see it on my driveway.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:33 PM (QGaXH)

96 Every time I drop something it always hits the exact point on the dish/item to crack or break ??

HOW DOES IT KNOW ???????????????????

Posted by: Jackson at January 30, 2026 06:34 PM (38587)

97 The governor’s office noted Oz's claims had “already caused real-world harm” by reducing business at an Armenian bakery that is shown in the video.
Posted by: SMOD at January 30, 2026 06:27 PM (GITLP)

There's a hospice in an Armenian Bakery??

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:34 PM (8avO+)

98 Two-tier justice system in the US.
Lemon has Very Important Work this weekend, you guys!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:34 PM (Hkcdp)

99 I don’t believe that they grow much of either bananas or rice in Somalia. Rice requires a huge amount of moisture. Seems like bananas would, too.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:34 PM (77rzZ)

100 BREAKING: Judge releases Don Lemon without bail.
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Just like J'6rs not
Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 06:32 PM (VE6XX)
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Huh. Wonder what took so long...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 06:34 PM (ESVrU)

101 I saw Bananas & Rice open for Simon & Garfunkel in Central Park in 1981.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 06:35 PM (oT7pT)

102 In my little slice of heaven here, rent for an average, 3 br, 2 ba cookie-cutter home on postage-stamp lot is running about 5K/month.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:35 PM (QGaXH)

103 Ace: " Eisenhower's poorly-named 'Operation Wetback'"

I think that was a great name. Trump should have used it for his deportation operation.

Posted by: Ralph at January 30, 2026 06:35 PM (8WZD4)

104 Drop is Turkish and he drew attention to Armenian fraud. Boohoo. Not racist.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:35 PM (Hkcdp)

105 Speaking of L.A. Times - I was a long-term subscriber, long after most people stopped. About two years ago I finally cancelled once and for all. Then, just before this past Christmas it started up again on it's own. I went into my subscriber account and it still showed me as 'Cancelled'. I was going to call them but then - going thru the accumulated 'junk mail' - I found a card from them saying I was getting a 'free' subscription starting Dec until May.

I'm going to call them and tell them 'don't bother'. I only get the Sunday paper in print - but I don't want my neighbors to see it on my driveway.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:33 PM (QGaXH)

I had that with the Tribune in Chicago. Cancelled, then hiccup and I was getting it without paying. I just tossed it and laughed at them. If they though giving me a free paper helped their business more than just lying about circulation numbers, fine. This was in the late 80s

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:36 PM (8avO+)

106 There’s lawmaking at Armenian bakeries - delicious!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:37 PM (Hkcdp)

107 Now see I can buy Russians and Armenians setting up a fraud ring to rake in easy money that the feds were handing out. Much harder for me to buy 100s of Somalians setting up all those various frauds w/o some helpful state bureaucrat walking them through the process in exchange for a cut.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 30, 2026 06:38 PM (Sokdp)

108
Missed previous thread: Anybody who believed that CIA Barbie and her merry band of marxists, were centrists, are either lying or retarded.
Posted by: Puddleglum

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I don't know who believed it, and I'm so jaded that I don't know who will care about it. I do hear energy prices are rising there, and QOL will probably fall in other ways. That might make a few people vote for a better Democrat when her term is up. And by "better," I mean someone who uses even more OPM than Spanberger does.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 06:38 PM (hxCZf)

109 42 Sister in law in Long Beach has lost her housekeeper. Employed her for years. Obvious illegal. SIL is a big time lefty. I feel so sorry for her predicament… Oh, wait, no I don’t.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 06:14 PM (pSzdp)

I mentioned here a few days ago - our gardener lost his helper. I didn't ask why, just thought 'one less box of See's Candy I have to spring for at Christmas....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:38 PM (QGaXH)

110 Argh, autocorrect: “lahmajun “

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:38 PM (Hkcdp)

111 Rental Property prices falling in LA ????

GLOBAL WARMING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson at January 30, 2026 06:38 PM (38587)

112 "Operation GTFO" > "Operation Wetback"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:39 PM (0Eh0f)

113 Armenians were one of the few ethnic groups in the Russian Empire (along with the Baltic Germans) who didn’t mind being ruled by the Russians.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:39 PM (77rzZ)

114 >>> don't think I have any of that yarn left, so I stopped feeling guilty about the money I spent 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (SRR

Glad you splurged!! No regrets.

My mother-in-law is a hooker herself (and has the mug to prove it!), and I keep wondering what crocheting doodads to buy her as gifts. She also has fibromyalgia, so has super sensitive skin, and gets cold easily. I will add Quiviut wool to the list! I bet she'd love it, and it sounds perfect for her. Much better than another Joanne's Fabric gift card.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:40 PM (gWBY1)

115 OT: Fuck. Ed is on about the Beatles again...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

116 The last time L.A. rents were that low was January 2022, in the wake of a furious pandemic home-buying market that saw a wave of renters buy homes for the first time, leaving apartments empty and bringing prices down.

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How many trillions of dollars in Covid PsyOps Feral Gubmint fraud provided the funds to purchase all those homes by former renters?

/rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:41 PM (0Eh0f)

117 There was a time ... granted, long ago ... when Democrats were the hawks on immigration because it lowered working wages and increased prices on the good and services the working class used the most.

I'd like to vote for that party. But it no longer exists.

Posted by: Nope at January 30, 2026 06:41 PM (Ddi7K)

118 Heh. Ewetub is featuring a video on the 'nationwide walk out' is solidarity with Minneapolis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:41 PM (zZu0s)

119 My mother-in-law is a hooker herself (and has the mug to prove it!),
Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:40 PM (gWBY1)
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Things I never thought I'd see on AoSHQ...This sentence is much funnier taken out of context.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (ESVrU)

120
To be fair, Lemon isn't much of a flight risk, and if he does, who cares?

Let him pay his own way back and forth to Minneapolis for court from any bolt hole he and his husband squat in.

Posted by: Auspex at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (Y8DZL)

121 When Iran is free California is going to see another exodus. Lots of Iranians are going to repatriate.
Same is going to happen with Cuba.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (0KSrI)

122 115 Wait, Ed Driscoll is my brother-in-law???

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (77rzZ)

123 >>> Speaking of L.A. Times - I was a long-term subscriber, long after most people stopped. About two years ago I finally cancelled once and for all.

They called Larry Elder "the black face of white supremacy" when he ran for governor. They are gutter trash. Glad you are well rid of them.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (gWBY1)

124 The article literally never mentions the country's first year of net-outwards migration in history.
There is no way that can have any beneficial effect. It is pure calamity. Millions will die horribly.'

Still worth it to have the illegals gone.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 30, 2026 06:31 PM (fd80v)

Net Neutrality smiles...

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (LSR8N)

125 OT: Fuck. Ed is on about the Beatles again...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

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Ed Sullivan?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (0Eh0f)

126 I'd like to vote for that party. But it no longer exists.
Posted by: Nope at January 30, 2026 06:41 PM (Ddi7K)

They weren't majority communists then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

127 Bad news, everyone [apologies if this has been posted already]

@InsiderGeo
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.
Jan 30, 2026 · 2:56 PM UTC

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM (gKWVE)

128 Increased housing supply is a real thing. Many projects got delayed during COVID and are only now coming online. It takes at least 5 years to plans and build any sizeable housing development.

I’d also like to see home buying has fared during this time. My best guesstimate is that buying was soft the last few years because of Biden’s insane interest rates, but has now picked up. That would mean some renters are now buyers.

But surely, kicking out hordes of illegals certainly decreased demand. I’d like to see the rental rates broken down by cost. I’d assume the illegals were renting at the low end and this jacking up prices there.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 30, 2026 06:14 PM (r0S8E)

For a while during COVID several big corps were buying up houses and holding them. I believe Trump blocked that kind of thing and they probably are divesting themselves. Like the Chicken/Egg issue, this probably was a Biden distortion in the market for infiltration of illegals.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM (8avO+)

129 I mnew Lemon wasn't going to suffer a jailing

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)

130
I'd be safe and warm,
if I was in L.A.

Posted by: zombie Mama Cass at January 30, 2026 06:44 PM (0sNs1)

131 The places rent has gone down are mostly the places no one wants to live because there are no jobs. The places people actually work, and thus need to be near, arent coming down at all.

This is not about tapped out renters deciding to not have a place to live. Multifamily construction has been at historic highs for several years.

Unless you’re getting paid in a foreign currency or performing a forex hedge your rent is not cheaper due to dollar devaluation lol. People need to learn the difference between the DXY and inflation

One of factors people miss is lot of rental properties are shifting from short rentals so that is causing an increase in inventory as well.

I can’t stand this economic fascism. Cheaper rents are destroying landlords ability to profit. The falling price of gasoline is causing more climate change. Trump is destroying the American way of life. I can’t handle this anymore. /s

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 30, 2026 06:44 PM (ycI94)

132 Bad news, everyone [apologies if this has been posted already]

@InsiderGeo
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.
Jan 30, 2026 · 2:56 PM UTC
Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM (gKWVE)

maybe UNICEF could collect pennies in the EU for ya.

Trump would be a God Emperor for life if he got the UN to move to Geneva or somewhere.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:45 PM (8avO+)

133 I'd be safe and warm,
if I was in L.A.
Posted by: zombie Mama Cass at January 30, 2026 06:44 PM (0sNs1)

it actually was cold and wet this last week.

better than firestorms, tho.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:45 PM (8avO+)

134 OT: Fuck. Ed is on about the Beatles again...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

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Ed Sullivan?
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM

Mr. Ed?

Posted by: Wilbur at January 30, 2026 06:45 PM (0sNs1)

135 Trump should purchase the Turtle Bay property, lol!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:46 PM (Hkcdp)

136 Lewis Cass >>>> Mama Cass

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:46 PM (77rzZ)

137 >>> Speaking of L.A. Times - I was a long-term subscriber, long after most people stopped. About two years ago I finally cancelled once and for all.

They called Larry Elder "the black face of white supremacy" when he ran for governor. They are gutter trash. Glad you are well rid of them.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:42 PM (gWBY1)

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At least The Times is not owned by a Chinese South African Billionaire who got rich here and -- of course -- hates America.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:46 PM (0Eh0f)

138 I saw this in the L.A. suburbs in 2009. In the recession, jobs disappeared. So all of the sudden all the people pushing stolen grocery carts full of food down my street every day evaporated. The guy, probably an immigrant, that they hired to collect them in his truck disappeared.

The jobs left, so they left.

Posted by: Random PJ at January 30, 2026 06:47 PM (+jscL)

139 @InsiderGeo
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.
Jan 30, 2026 · 2:56 PM UTC
Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM (gKWVE)
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I imagine the graft and corruption that goes on in that building dwarfs anything a group of Somalis could get away with in Minnesota.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 06:47 PM (ESVrU)

140
For a while during COVID several big corps were buying up houses and holding them. I believe Trump blocked that kind of thing and they probably are divesting themselves. Like the Chicken/Egg issue, this probably was a Biden distortion in the market for infiltration of illegals.
Posted by: Oldcat
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The Biden Corporation changed up the housing market like I've never seen it. It wasn't good for buyers or sellers. It was dead in the water as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 06:47 PM (rarFa)

141 Isn't this like the third time Don 'Cheesedick' Lemon has been down the Rabbit Hole? He's a kept property.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 06:47 PM (oT7pT)

142 >>> 131 The places rent has gone down are mostly the places no one wants to live because there are no jobs. The places people actually work, and thus need to be near, arent coming down at all.

Because no one wants to live and work in LA...Nice try Reddit.

(And thanks for all the intercepted transmissons! It's one of my fave recurring things in the blog comments.)

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (gWBY1)

143 Hawaiian Judge orders all LA Landlords to raise rental prices to help the Democrats in the Mid Term elections...

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (38587)

144 FIFY

Good news, everyone [apologies if this has been posted already]
InsiderGeo
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.
Jan 30, 2026 · 2:56 PM UTC
Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (Ia/+0)

145 Jim Kunstler’s latest piece is about our newest Bond villain in Shanghai.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (77rzZ)

146 I'd be safe and warm,
if I was in L.A.
Posted by: zombie Mama Cass at January 30, 2026 06:44 PM (0sNs1)

Those 2 fellas in The Mamas and Papas were humping the blonde chick but did either one hump ol' Mama Cass?

She was fat and ugly but come on, love the one your with!

Posted by: Dirty Old Hippie Boomer at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (pbej3)

147 @InsiderGeo
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.
Jan 30, 2026 · 2:56 PM UTC
Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM (gKWVE)
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Make them pay their overdue NYC parking tickets as well. They probably total about the same as the GNP of some mid sized country by now.

Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (dIske)

148 69
Lots of school districts seeing plunging enrollments as well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 06:23 PM (tgvbd)

plunging necklines > plunging enrollments

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (QGaXH)

149 139 @InsiderGeo
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.

So................... What is your point ????

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 30, 2026 06:48 PM (38587)

150 Someone said it best "get rid of the fraud and America's debt doesn't exist". Might be a bit of hyperbole, but not that much

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 30, 2026 06:49 PM (IDEQi)

151 Armenians were one of the few ethnic groups in the Russian Empire (along with the Baltic Germans) who didn’t mind being ruled by the Russians.
Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:39 PM (77rzZ)

Too bad they let NATO run an op on them a year or so back cut ties with Russia. They first lost about a third of their land to a neighbor. And Turkey is looking at them with interest from another direction.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:49 PM (8avO+)

152 Cass Gilbert > Lewis Cass > Mama Cass >>>> Cass Sunstein

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:49 PM (0Eh0f)

153 >>> UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse

Will they leave NYC? Pretty please?

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2026 06:50 PM (gWBY1)

154 148 Depends on the neckline.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 06:50 PM (77rzZ)

155 UN should just close up shop for a few months until funds are secured

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

156 UN. The time for honoring yourselves has come to an end.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 30, 2026 06:50 PM (0KSrI)

157 I mnew Lemon wasn't going to suffer a jailing
Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)

Now you sit in your luxury suite and think about what you did, young man!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 30, 2026 06:50 PM (0aYVJ)

158 34 Damn. I thought Hospice was the best run section of the Medicare system. I guess it has no oversight.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Hospice care is primarily covered by Medicare Part A for beneficiaries with a terminal illness (6 months or less to live), providing up to 100% coverage for comfort-focused care.

It is also covered by Medicaid in nearly all states, as well as by most private insurance plans.

The latter, under Medicaid and several Medicare advantage programs, seems to open the door to fraud.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (NFX2v)

159 147 @InsiderGeo
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.

Price of NYC Hookers drops to all time low .....

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (38587)

160 Plunging enrollment = public school consolidation and teacher/administrator layoffs?

They’ve used immigrants to backfill the kids whose parents fled to private schools due to poor quality, violence, and indoctrination. Propped up with illegals’ kids no more!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (Hkcdp)

161 >>>BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.

So................... What is your point ????

Posted by: Jackson K.

>It's a prime time for the UN to plan to relocate to Cuba or Greenland.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (oT7pT)

162 Lemon no bail was a given. He is still charged and will be tried.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (0KSrI)

163 NOOD Week in Woke

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:52 PM (0Eh0f)

164 >It's a prime time for the UN to plan to relocate to Cuba or Greenland.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (oT7pT)

Outside of the Western...er Trumpian Hemisphere. Far Outside.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)

165 He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.
Jan 30, 2026 · 2:56 PM UTC

Have Mamdami raise the rent and dial it back to April

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 06:52 PM (8uzBS)

166 I see a judge took the death penalty off the table in the Mangione case. Dude shot an innocent, unarmed man in the back in broad daylight in cold blood. If we were a proper country he should have been hanged before the week was out.......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:53 PM (QGaXH)

167 136 Lewis Cass >>>> Mama Cass
Posted by: Bulg

Been to the site in Sault St Marie where he tore down the British flag and trampled on it. A great Michiganian.

Posted by: Auspex at January 30, 2026 06:53 PM (Y8DZL)

168 162 Lemon no bail was a given. He is still charged and will be tried.

Put him in a cell with Bubba from Backwoods WV that has not seen a woman in 10 years...

Ride'n Cowboy...

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 30, 2026 06:54 PM (38587)

169 It's a prime time for the UN to plan to relocate to Cuba or Greenland.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (oT7pT)

Bangladesh. It's still a shithole 54 years later. Savages.

Posted by: Zombie George Harrison at January 30, 2026 06:54 PM (pbej3)

170 Medicare Advantage is fraud on the face of it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 06:54 PM (rarFa)

171 169 It's a prime time for the UN to plan to relocate to Cuba or Greenland.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Not on my lawn.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 06:56 PM (rarFa)

172 The School District of Philadelphia is proposing to close 20 public schools, impacting nearly 5,000 students starting in the 2027-28 school year.

See, they've 'nudged' a great deal of their illegal population out to ring (or further) counties via corporation and non-profits, or to northeast and southwest Philly.

Suddenly, empty buildings that had needed lots of C19 $ to improve ventilation and remove asbestos for the 10th or so consecutive years.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 30, 2026 06:58 PM (NFX2v)

173 88 85 As expected.

@LeadingReport
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3m
BREAKING: Judge releases Don Lemon without bail.
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Monday he has to be in a courtroom in MPLS.
Posted by: beckster at January 30, 2026 06:30 PM (I7J9

Would serve the judge right if Lemon skips to a non-extradition jurisdiction.....

Would serve Lemon right of the non-extradition jurisdiction is one of those places that gives gays free flying lessons off tall buildings.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:00 PM (QGaXH)

174 I'm makin' a list, and checkin' it twice, mouthbreathers.

Posted by: Kathy Griffin at January 30, 2026 07:00 PM (0sNs1)

175 BREAKING: Judge releases Don Lemon without bail.
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Just like J'6rs not
Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 06:32 PM (VE6XX)

Is his butthole sore ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 07:01 PM (NtVYv)

176
Good news, everyone [apologies if this has been posted already]
InsiderGeo
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the United Nations is at risk of imminent financial collapse, citing unpaid member state contributions and budget constraints. He warned cash reserves could run out by July unless funding rules change.
Jan 30, 2026 · 2:56 PM UTC
Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 06:43 PM

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After the incidents of chickenshit sabotage the last time Trump gave a speech there, I'm in favor of doing anything possible to ruin them faster. Clowns.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 30, 2026 07:02 PM (hA/c/)

177 96 Every time I drop something it always hits the exact point on the dish/item to crack or break ??

HOW DOES IT KNOW ???????????????????

Posted by: Jackson at January 30, 2026 06:34 PM (38587)

By the same magic your thermos knows to keep cold things cold and hot things hot...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:03 PM (QGaXH)

178 7000 homes were burnt in the Palisades. 40% of Pacific Palisades was Jewish. So Mayor Karen Bass ordered an LAFD stand-down while the Jewish section of town burned down.
This is comparable to what Hitler did, though on a smaller scale.

Posted by: wferrin at January 31, 2026 06:39 PM (klfIL)

Virginia's Governor Sold Herself as a Moderate Centrist as a Candidate.
Surprise! In Office, She's a Radical Leftist

I know you're all stunned.

Karol Markowicz:

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger was sworn in just a few weeks ago, but the tornado of bad policy is already swirling around her state.
Spanberger's very first order of business was reversing Gov. Glenn Youngkin's Executive Order 47, which had allowed for coordination between the Virginia State Police and the Department of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That coordination was important because it allowed the federal and state governments to cooperate to remove people in the country illegally who had committed additional crimes. That it was necessary for Spanberger to make it harder to deport criminals is a tell that her moderate campaign commercials will instead translate into a much further left administration.
Spanberger isn't alone in moving Virginia sharply leftward. Both branches of the state legislature are now also controlled by Democrats, and they're introducing policies that no one campaigned on. House Bill 863 would reduce minimum sentencing for rape, manslaughter and child pornography. If Spanberger ran on "let's let rapists off easy," the Virginia electorate somehow missed it. In fact, Spanberger's campaign ads highlighted her law enforcement experience and that she's a moderate who works with both sides of the political aisle.

...
Then there's House Bill 1442, which would prevent any enforcement of immigration law near polling locations. We're told it's very rare for illegal immigrants to vote in our elections and yet the Virginia legislature thinks a law like this is a high priority for the state. Why would immigration operations interfere with polling locations unless there are illegal immigrants voting at those polling locations?
...

Democrats are going to spend the next four years moving Virginia as far left as they can get away with -- unless Virginians stop them. Virginians who want to save their state have to keep pointing out that Spanberger the candidate is not Spanberger the governor, and that the state government being fully controlled by the Democratic Party is turning lawlessness and social engineering into policy. Virginia can be saved from this, before it becomes another failed blue state with residents running for the door, but they need to act quickly.

Obviously they want to tax everything. To increase affordability, they say.

Virginia Democrats are proposing a slew of new hikes, pushing to have consumers to pay up for their gym memberships, Amazon orders, leaf blowers, and over a dozen other tax hikes. All of this comes after the Democrats and Governor Abigail Spanberger ran on "affordability," a message that flies in the face of the new proposals.
The new tax bills are pushing for a tax on all of the following areas:
Higher sales taxes on all Virginia counties and cities
Personal property tax on electric leaf blowers as well as electric landscaping equipment
Large employer tax
Ammunition and firearms tax
New income tax brackets
A delivery tax, set to hit Amazon orders, FedEx and UPS orders, as well as Uber Eats in Northern Virginia
Gym membership tax
Counseling tax
New car tax and highway usage fees
Storage facility tax
Investment income tax
Event tax
Vehicle repair tax
Dry cleaning tax
Fantasy sports tax
Rideshare tax
Dog walking tax
Digital personal property tax
Increase in taxes in the Arlington area for hotels
Statewide speed camera (not a tax, but additional fines)

They have big plans for all that new money "liberated" from taxpayers: They're going to buy themselves fucking houses.

Virginia Democrat politicians propose "unlimited" grants for home purchases for the most deserving constituency of all -- Virginia Democrat bureaucrats.

While the entire country focuses on Minneapolis for the next 48 hours, Democrats in Virginia have passed a bill out of committee that allows government bureaucrats to receive unlimited taxpayer funding to buy a house.

This is their definition of delivering on �affordability.�� pic.twitter.com/eq1lYKqS3Q
— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) January 25, 2026

Virginia Democrats introduced legislation to tax fantasy sports contests. pic.twitter.com/9sqGMNkKiP
— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) January 29, 2026

Bonus: Remember the guy who blocked DOGE from entering his offices? The guy who ran the taxpayer-funded grift the Africa Development Foundation?

Yeah, there was a reason he didn't want anyone looking at his records.

Top Official Of USAID-Linked Foreign Aid Agency To Plead Guilty To Taking Bribes
African Development Foundation CFO admits he routed money to friend's African 'pass-through' in exchange for kickbacks

By Luke Rosiak
Jan 30, 2026 DailyWire.com
Top Official Of USAID-Linked Foreign Aid Agency To Plead Guilty To Taking Bribes
Mathieu Zahui, chief financial officer of the African Development Foundation / ADF
The chief financial officer of the African Development Foundation, a federal agency affiliated with USAID, will plead guilty to steering grants and contracts in exchange for bribes.
The previously-obscure African Development Foundation became a darling of the Left when its CFO, Mathieu Zahui, locked its doors to prevent Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from entering. Democrat politicians framed it as an act of moral courage, and left-wing media called the group "the little agency that could."
But on Friday, the Department of Justice said Zahui admitted that he was doing exactly what conservatives have suspected is common in foreign aid: Laundering money through poor nations and then back to D.C. insiders, who used it to enrich themselves.
According to court papers filed Friday, the African Development Foundation sent $800,000 to a Kenya-based company run by Zahui's friend. The friend paid Zahui a kickback of $12,000, and the company kept $134,886 for doing no work.
The rest of the money was simply a "pass-through" where the Kenyan company paid bills that the agency owed to other people. That made it appear that more money was going to African aid as opposed to bureaucratic overhead, and added a layer that concealed where the agency's money was actually going.
Zahui has agreed to plead guilty to accepting gratuities and making a false statement to a federal law enforcement officer, after he lied to the USAID Office of Inspector General about having received the kickbacks. He could face up to seven years in prison.

Today started out as a slow news day but now there are a lot of stories being leaked out for a Friday burial.

Posted by: Ace at 05:15 PM

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1 *tap tap*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:29 PM (ULPxl)

2 Not anywhere near as stunned as the main page is by this news; it's turned completely white!

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at January 30, 2026 05:30 PM (PD1kJ)

3 Is this the Gnostic Nood?

Hidden, secret, privileged?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 05:31 PM (zZu0s)

4 I feel like I was teleported here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX)

5 Someone stole the front page.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 30, 2026 05:32 PM (8mulE)

6
*steps out of wormhole*

Afternoon, folks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 05:32 PM (tgvbd)

7 Spanberger isn't alone in moving Virginia sharply leftward. Both branches of the state legislature are now also controlled by Democrats, and they're introducing policies that no one campaigned on.
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Same pattern as California.

The Party rules now. There is "no consent of the governed."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)

8 *tap tap*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:29 PM (ULPxl)
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How did you even find this thread?

Is there a secret handshake?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 05:33 PM (ESVrU)

9 So was CBD returning to or departing from the country earlier today, hmm???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:33 PM (ULPxl)

10 Well thanks to the homepage vaporizing I am able to make the top ten while being almost 20 minutes late.

Yeah, I guess.

Posted by: the lower depths at January 30, 2026 05:33 PM (4QwTz)

11 The hamsters must have escaped from the Epstein Islands, like lemmings

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)

12 Something happened to the site....

Some people did some things?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 05:34 PM (QGaXH)

13 * no "consent of the governed."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 05:34 PM (RIvkX)

14 Abigail Spermburper

Spanberger or Spamburger ? That's gross

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 05:34 PM (NtVYv)

15 No, there's nothing here, either.

Posted by: t-bird at January 30, 2026 05:35 PM (TylIK)

16
Compare and contrast with our Federal GOPe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 05:35 PM (tgvbd)

17 oops...?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 05:36 PM (QGaXH)

18 >>> 8 *tap tap*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:29 PM (ULPxl)
---
How did you even find this thread?

Is there a secret handshake?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 05:33 PM (ESVrU)

The main page has everything it always does, except you know, the CONTENT.

The list of the most recent headlines is still down the left side, above where the MoMee announcements are, and then you can hover over the link to see the post #, but the link isn't quite right!

So, you need to remember or save somewhere...

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=[super secret post #]

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:37 PM (ULPxl)

19 *tap tap*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:29 PM (ULPxl)
---
How did you even find this thread?

Is there a secret handshake?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 05:33 PM (ESVrU)

-----------------

Thanks for the link, Helena!

While I've only paid for the time-travel membership, Helena must have paid for the space-travel membership.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 05:37 PM (0Eh0f)

20 The orange is green!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 30, 2026 05:38 PM (2UnvF)

21 And we're back!

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at January 30, 2026 05:38 PM (PD1kJ)

22 Commies always lie.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 30, 2026 05:39 PM (mlg/3)

23 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2026 05:39 PM (BLOW1)

24 Yikes, thanks for the detective work, Pixy!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:40 PM (ULPxl)

25 I don't mind so much that politicians lie to get into power or a Democrat ends up a radical crank. its just why are people so worthless and stupid as to fall for it OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 30, 2026 05:40 PM (PYyV9)

26 Both branches of the state legislature are now also controlled by Democrats"

But we're still arguing who goes to the shad plank cookout!

/ the VA Gooop

Posted by: man at January 30, 2026 05:40 PM (XuXeR)

27 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2026 05:39 PM (BLOW1)

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I'll pass on to the last thread, thanks Pixy!

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 05:40 PM (0Eh0f)

28 My crack team of hackers will get you yet, Ace!

Posted by: Bill Gates at January 30, 2026 05:41 PM (aSobn)

29 Dems never found a tax they didn't love

Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 05:41 PM (VE6XX)

30 Finally able to find a thread again as the main page is back. Thanks Ace, thanks COBs. All I had was J.J.'s thread from this morning in another tab.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 30, 2026 05:41 PM (O7YUW)

31 It's their own fault for voting for people with the letter 'D' after their names.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 05:41 PM (QGaXH)

32
why are people so worthless and stupid as to fall for it OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 30, 2026 05:40 PM (PYyV9)

___________

"Hey, Rocky. Wanna watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 30, 2026 05:41 PM (tgvbd)

33 compare photos. She is a trans clone of Heydrich

Posted by: Avi at January 30, 2026 05:42 PM (ieodf)

34 Barky did too, cover up his Red Diaper upbringing

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 05:42 PM (Ia/+0)

35 sent $800,000 to a Kenya-based company run by Zahui's friend. The friend paid Zahui a kickback of $12,000, and the company kept $134,886 for doing no work.

$12,000 seems like a pittance on $800,000 until you realize that our government officials are making it up in volume.

Posted by: t-bird at January 30, 2026 05:42 PM (TylIK)

36 "If I were the man I was five years ago I'd take a FLAME-THROWER to this place!"

What are you doing next Tuesday? Say 10am?

Posted by: Fen at January 30, 2026 05:42 PM (ciYHQ)

37 All your server are belong to us

Posted by: Halfhand at January 30, 2026 05:42 PM (EFrJp)

38 I'm firmly convinced that Spanberger is merely a less-ambitious version of Hillary. She's a terrible human being. She merely lacks Hillary's level of evil because she's lazy.

Posted by: Crusader at January 30, 2026 05:42 PM (TN0g+)

39 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa

I hate those tiny typos!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 30, 2026 05:42 PM (qo38o)

40 You elected an asshole who wished a mother's kids were murdered in front of her.

I find my sympathy meter broken.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 05:43 PM (zZu0s)

41 So, you need to remember or save somewhere...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:37 PM (ULPxl)

Or you can cheat and peek in your browser history for a previous comment thread and then paste in the end number. Since I can never remember where I save stuff.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 30, 2026 05:43 PM (8mulE)

42 Leftists out to loot the country

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)

43 But did she run on being a moderate? Because she has never been a moderate…

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 05:43 PM (OoFl2)

44 "Digital personal property tax"

How do they assess that? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 05:43 PM (vFG9F)

45 40 You elected an asshole who wished a mother's kids were murdered in front of her.

I find my sympathy meter broken.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 05:43 PM (zZu0s)

They didn't care.. They hated Trump that much

Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 05:44 PM (VE6XX)

46 Famously bewigged Jesse Waters just gave a list of the Fat Presidents, to mock Pritzker. He included Garfield.

James Garfield was six feet tall and weighed 185.
Next time I meet Jesse Waters I'm going to knock him down.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 30, 2026 05:44 PM (zdLoL)

47 Governor Sold Herself as a Moderate Centrist as a Candidate."

Nah. Pro abortion. Pro big government.
And a state gop that's so tied up with seniority that they can't wipe their own asses....

Posted by: man at January 30, 2026 05:44 PM (XuXeR)

48 14 Abigail Spermburper

Spanberger or Spamburger ? That's gross
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 05:34 PM (NtVYv)

Abagail Beecher >> Abigail Spanberger

Posted by: Freddy Cannon at January 30, 2026 05:45 PM (QGaXH)

49 23 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2026 05:39 PM (BLOW1)

So ace broke it. Good to know who to point the finger at.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 30, 2026 05:45 PM (8mulE)

50 It is hard to believe the free houses for bureaucrats thing is real. This is the definition of looting the treasury.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 05:45 PM (zZu0s)

51 Tiny typos
In the wine
Make me feel happy
Make me feel fine

Posted by: Zardoz at January 30, 2026 05:46 PM (NtVYv)

52 Sad to say, the Agency is largely Democrats. Not radical Left like her, so I am surprised at the magnitude of her flip flops.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 05:46 PM (SiYcf)

53 Off 'wow - he's still around' sock.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 05:46 PM (QGaXH)

54 Taqiyya

The Dems are using the Muzzie trick of lying.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 30, 2026 05:46 PM (qFwJc)

55 The hampsters are back on the wheel!

And living in VA it's going to be a shitshow for a while. Gird your lions.

Posted by: turambar at January 30, 2026 05:46 PM (Q0yOR)

56 Something triggered the hampsters? Are they ok? Do they need counseling?

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 05:47 PM (vFG9F)

57
Contrary to vicious rumors, William Howard Taft never got stuck in a bathtub. He did, however, overflow a bathtub one time. He had to get oversized tubs after that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 05:47 PM (w6EFb)

58 Oh wow a leftist deep state CIA hag lied to everyone and enough AWFLs, government simps, and soy-soaked faggots bought it enough to get her elected along with that dude who straight up said he wanted to shoot a Republican in the head, and now they're in the Finding Out phase?

Good. Fuck 'em. I've been saying that my family being able to leave that shithole state almost a decade ago was a blessing from God that we didn't realize at the time, but I sure as hell realize it now.

I have zero sympathy for these retards any longer.

Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 05:47 PM (5aZAZ)

59 Virginians have only themselves to blame. Voting for a CIA spook for governor and they thought they could trust her ads? Someone from the state said it was a pocketbook election. I'll never understand how voting in Dems to destroy local business and raise taxes because "DOGE was hurting some of our fed jobs" was a pocketbook choice. It was cutting off your nose to spite your face and any fool should have known it. Sure the D's didn't run on killing regular businesses and raising taxes on everything but Ds always do those things.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (hhkIi)

60 Virginia can be saved from this, before it becomes another failed blue state with residents running for the door, but they need to act quickly.

Just like the Titanic could be saved.

Sorry Virginians, you self fucked yourself to death.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (a4flb)

61 The voters of virginia deserve what they are going to get good and hard. They either refused to look at her record or they lied to themselves and voted for her and they are going to pay insanely higher taxes. I say good. To paraphrase the good book, you reap what you sow.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (0N4FZ)

62 So glad I moved to Missouri a few years ago.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (2UnvF)

63 It's getting close to martini time. Make it dirty with three olives.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (oT7pT)

64 Also fuck the VA GOP for not finding a better candidate than Winsome Sears. She seems like a nice and good person but holy shit she couldn't campaign her way out of a wet paper bag with a razor blade in both hands. What a useless fucking organization.

Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 05:49 PM (5aZAZ)

65 People are still falling for "centrist" Democrat?

I figured the VA voters knew what they were getting, and now they're getting it. Good and hard.

Posted by: Shenanigans at January 30, 2026 05:49 PM (wGun1)

66 Are the hampsters back to dancing?

Posted by: Ambiguously Gay Richard Simmons at January 30, 2026 05:49 PM (r9uko)

67 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.

----------------

Can we get Pixy a coding job at StopICE.net?

I keed, I keed ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 05:49 PM (0Eh0f)

68 Everybody kept telling them what would happen, but they just had to get them some of that moderate democrat.

Posted by: Clay at January 30, 2026 05:50 PM (y7KMV)

69 Taqiyya

The Dems are using the Muzzie trick of lying.

I only lied about not being a thief.

Posted by: Abigail Ocean at January 30, 2026 05:50 PM (TylIK)

70 Taxing dog walkers ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 30, 2026 05:50 PM (VE6XX)

71
Donroe Doctrine update: Panama Supreme Court just annulled their contracts with China to operate the Panama Canal.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 05:51 PM (w6EFb)

72 Remember, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts said it himself, "Its a tax."

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 30, 2026 05:51 PM (YlWIZ)

73 She'll be a "moderate" again when she runs for president

Posted by: brak at January 30, 2026 05:51 PM (RuMUX)

74 I'm willing to bet that the things introduced in Virginia will have NYS commies saying "we'll double down on that"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 30, 2026 05:51 PM (IDEQi)

75 Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 05:49 PM (5aZAZ)

Bullshit. She was t an unknown. She was good Lt Governor . She delivered a great conservative message and pointed out exactly what this post is talking about about . The fault is with the voters.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 05:51 PM (cwGMH)

76 I don't mind so much that politicians lie to get into power or a Democrat ends up a radical crank. its just why are people so worthless and stupid as to fall for it OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Maybe they didn't "fall for it". Northern Virginia, which are the suburbs of DC, and parts of Richmond and couple of other urban areas (Newport News?) are Democrat and will vote for this. It's the same story, over and over...
"Urban" voters will vote Democrat because of ....reasons. Voters in the rest of Virginia are likely appalled by this. And a lot of it is voter turnout. Bring out your dead, and turn out your vote.

Thus endeth the lesson for the day

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 30, 2026 05:51 PM (vcOmj)

77 Reading Hildabeast is funding the Illegals protection

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

78 "Digital personal property tax" = pron.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 30, 2026 05:52 PM (Kt19C)

79 "You elected an asshole who wished a mother's kids were murdered in front of her."

I thought that was Jay Jones, the candidate for Attorney General who said that. However, they elected him as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2026 05:52 PM (oT1li)

80 Point of order: are we 100% positive that Virgina voters actually elected her?

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 30, 2026 05:52 PM (24ME/)

81 They should play what’s happening in Virginia in every competitive House race for the midterms.

You know, in addition to the whole illegal immigrants are our best constituents thing.

We need to dick punch these people.

Virginia is going to be gone.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 30, 2026 05:52 PM (u/66v)

82 Are we here? I looked at the previous thread and it' now the third back. I'm not sure we're where we are supposed to be.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 05:52 PM (rarFa)

83 2 * nothing = nothing

Posted by: DaveA at January 30, 2026 05:52 PM (FhXTo)

84 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2026 05:39 PM (BLOW1)
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That's what the hamsters want you to think.

That tiny typo was probably a cry for help.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 05:53 PM (ESVrU)

85 I don't know what people expected to happen.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 05:53 PM (vFG9F)

86 You know these two stories are likely related?

U.S. cuts all this aid bullshit, much of which was bribery and graft, and cycled back to the U.S.

Government workers in Viginia, realize the gravy train is over, and overwhelmingly elect a far-left Dem for office.

Far left Dem IMMEDIATELY starts taxing everything in sight and gives handouts to government workers.

Hence the graft and fraud money is restored.

Whew! That was a close one!

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 30, 2026 05:53 PM (vOtXJ)

87 So tofu dregs high speed rail in Venezuela collateral forgives the loan? Cool!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 30, 2026 05:53 PM (YlWIZ)

88 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2026 05:39 PM (BLOW1)

Thanks, Pixy. I was half expecting Captain Kirk to float by semi-transparently.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (wVcYX)

89
Democrats in Virginia are going to tax anything that moves, breathes, or speaks.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (IifOV)

90 70 Taxing dog walkers ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January

And gym memberships. The silver lining is it may be the catalyst to get my middle child out of RIC. She finally votes R and this happens.

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (OoFl2)

91 @Pixy Misa: I thanked Ace, I thanked the COBs, but I didn't think you'd be around at this time to fix the site.

Thank you Pixy!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (O7YUW)

92 But, but they’re “moderates”.

I mean, how many times are voters gonna fall for “can you pick up that quarter for me” gag from Democrats and their media division?

Posted by: Vengeance at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (u/66v)

93 Sure the D's didn't run on killing regular businesses and raising taxes on everything but Ds always do those things.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (hhkIi)

Very well put.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (zZu0s)

94 Also fuck the VA GOP for not finding a better candidate than Winsome Sears. She seems like a nice and good person but holy shit she couldn't campaign her way out of a wet paper bag with a razor blade in both hands. What a useless fucking organization.
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They ran a "fundamentally non-serious" choice who was occasionally anti-Trump and wondered why they didn't win.

Posted by: Crusader at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (TN0g+)

95 Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2026 05:39 PM (BLOW1)

Thanks very much!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (oT1li)

96 Sorry Virginians, you self fucked yourself to death.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (a4flb)

And not in the fun way.

Remember to hydrate guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 05:55 PM (zZu0s)

97 (If you drive a car, car) I'll tax the street
(If you try to sit, sit) I'll tax your seat
(If you get too cold, cold) I'll tax the heat
(If you take a walk, walk) I'll tax your feet
Taxman!

Posted by: illiniwek at January 30, 2026 05:55 PM (vbXSk)

98 Bullshit. She was t an unknown. She was good Lt Governor . She delivered a great conservative message and pointed out exactly what this post is talking about about . The fault is with the voters.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 05:51 PM (cwGMH)
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She was a good Lt. Gov! I totally agree with that, but her campaign was the definition of softcock GOPe bullshit and failed to motivate the voters in any way. Hell, even Youngkin and his people were smart enough to recognize that the schools were going to be the flashpoint issue in his election and hammer that message like Bill Clinton hammering an intern.

Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 05:55 PM (5aZAZ)

99 When Spangenberg was sworn in she had a white pleather coat that if it was black would have made her look like an officer in the Gestapo. So white coat makes her the Herstapo

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 30, 2026 05:55 PM (IDEQi)

100 I can't give enough thanks to the Lord we are out of Virginia. That said, this morning, we went to the DMV in Arkansas to register our car, and it was closed. Nothing about inclement weather closure on the website or the office's phone.

A gal also waiting there checked the Farcebook page for the office - all those lovely folks were on strike in support of ICE resistance.

I am now praying every one of those lovely folks are checking out the options at "Jobs-r-us" on Monday.

Posted by: moki at January 30, 2026 05:55 PM (wLjpr)

101 For any Jewish Hordians who know Hebrew well, I gots a quextion about written Hebrew. A combined linguistic and mathematical one.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 05:55 PM (77rzZ)

102 80 Point of order: are we 100% positive that Virgina voters actually elected her?
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 30, 2026

Well she had her 2 previous elections stolen for her, third time is the charm?

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 05:55 PM (OoFl2)

103 When will "independent voters" learn that there is no such thing as a moderate Democrat politician. There are only Dem politicians who lie. Think back to the votes in Congress on issues dear to the progressive wing. The Democrats vote in lockstep no matter what they said in their campaign. Wasn't there a resolution or maybe it was a bill about blocking transgenders from women's sports and all the Dems voted against it. How can anyone think there are moderate Dems?

Posted by: George V at January 30, 2026 05:56 PM (HUbHH)

104 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

I guess Virginians are getting what they voted for - good and hard. And they have at least another year before these money-grubbing whores can be voted out of office.

Oh, well.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 30, 2026 05:56 PM (SRRAx)

105
Let Virginians live under the boot they voted for.

Good & Hard.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 30, 2026 05:56 PM (IifOV)

106 Posted by: Crusader at January 30, 2026 05:54 PM (TN0g+)

Sears told people exactly what would happen and she was right. I don't understand anytime a Republican loses some people just have to idiotically blame the candidate.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (cwGMH)

107 let's look on the bright side, she did not take oath of office on the Khhhhoran...

Posted by: runner at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (g47mK)

108 I have zero sympathy for these retards any longer.

Honestly, I'm torn. I have friends in California, Virginia, Colorado, Washington state, and even New York. They don't vote for and don't "deserve" to get railed by the majority's policy preferences but, in the end, that's how our system works. Unfortunately, there's no way to insulate the minority from the stupidity of the majority.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (Fs0KI)

109 $12,000 seems like a pittance on $800,000 until you realize that our government officials are making it up in volume.
Posted by: t-bird at January 30, 2026 05:42 PM (TylIK)

the $800,000 isn't real to them, only the $12,000. It is always stunning how little people will sell their souls for.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (vOtXJ)

110 I thought that was Jay Jones, the candidate for Attorney General who said that. However, they elected him as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2026 05:52 PM (oT1li)

That is what I meant. Same voters. Same mark of Cain.

Fuck. Off. Virginia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (zZu0s)

111 10 homeless people dead - presumably of hypothermia -in NYC after new Mamdani administration stopped forcing people off the streets - so how is this the 'warmth of collectivism'? Sounds like more rugged individualism..along with criminal negligence...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (QGaXH)

112

Then: Virginia Is For Lovers

Now: Virginia Is For Tax Assessors

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (wVcYX)

113 I know there'll be a lot of "they voted for it" but, did they?

How much fraud was in this VA election?

Even if the GOP candidate did poorly in the run up to the election (and she did) was there any canvasing done to see how people actually voted outside the capitol city enclave?

I don't subscribe to the "they voted for it" narrative until I see the actual metrics... and those, for whatever reason are not widely publicized even though I'm sure they're out there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (jtM2q)

114 We have a few Virginians here, what is their take ??? why did Sears fail ?

Posted by: runner at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (g47mK)

115 Look, "no" Jay Jones ran after being exposed functionally jerking off to double tapping a political rival and having his widow hold their two dead sons calling the children "fascists in training" so spare me the protestations that that the radical moonbattery in the Vagina Donkey Party is some "shocking swerve" like 1998 Vince Russo is penning it for the WWF.

You get what you vote for, and despite my foster family being hammered by it because of their idiot neighbors yes Vaginia your neighbors *are* that retarded.

Posted by: sven at January 30, 2026 05:58 PM (MUJd1)

116
Well, well, according to the top of the Daily Mail, Commie Mamdani's mother is in the Epstein files, spending some time at Ghislaine's place.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 05:58 PM (w6EFb)

117 23 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 30, 2026 05:39 PM (BLOW1)

Nice work! Thank you Pixy!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 05:59 PM (QGaXH)

118 >>> 80 Point of order: are we 100% positive that Virgina voters actually elected her?
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 30, 2026 05:52 PM (24ME/)

I can think of several Virginians who I know did not vote for this cvnt, and besides, she's see eye ay.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:59 PM (ULPxl)

119 They are going to have to get serious as in that busting the code and the doxxers wasn't even and en garde.

Stop all foreign money. The hard way if necessary.
Arrest and forbid the takers obtaining public office-ever.
Stop all local grafters - Soros and the like, NGOs.
Arrest and forbid the takers for holding office.

If this isn't done soon you can bend over and kiss your ass goodbye.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 05:59 PM (rarFa)

120 Also, hey Star Trekkers. I’m convinced that the writers named James KIRK after James COOK, one of the greatest maritime explorers in history.

Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 05:59 PM (77rzZ)

121 If you go for a walk I’ll tax your feet……
- G. Harrison

Posted by: Eromero at January 30, 2026 05:59 PM (yw3eV)

122 A Zahui always pays his debts.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 30, 2026 05:59 PM (wBaIH)

123
Saw another video of a woman in Virginia bitching about her electric bill going from $200 per month to $620 per month, which is more than her car payment. She looks like an AWFL so no doubt she voted for this.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 30, 2026 06:00 PM (IifOV)

124 Spongeburger is the one who said that she hates Virginians, and they couldn't wait to line up and vote for her.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 30, 2026 06:00 PM (PYyV9)

125 114 Posted by: runner at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (g47mK)

The Virginians I spoke with last month in person feel like Sears leaned too much into her identity and never quite got around to pointing out how Squad adjacent Spannerberger was....

I also think they underestimated how true believer their democrat neighbors really are on the sexual deviancy bit.

Add in the PRIDE the democrats showed in backing Jones despite the murder fantasies and perversely momentum was on team D's side partially because of the shutdown.

Posted by: sven at January 30, 2026 06:00 PM (MUJd1)

126 Well, well, according to the top of the Daily Mail, Commie Mamdani's mother is in the Epstein files, spending some time at Ghislaine's place.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 05:58 PM (w6EFb)

*types* *deletes comment on Ghidlane's huge, evil rack*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

127 >>>I don't subscribe to the "they voted for it" narrative until I see the actual metrics... and those, for whatever reason are not widely publicized even though I'm sure they're out there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Every election 'they' won, this century, was fraudulent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (rarFa)

128 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 05:59 PM (ULPxl)

I know three that didn't vote for her , but they live near the NC border. Farming family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (oT1li)

129 I don't subscribe to the "they voted for it" narrative until I see the actual metrics... and those, for whatever reason are not widely publicized even though I'm sure they're out there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (jtM2q)
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I have given this some thought and I have come down on the side of the voters are fucking retards rather than some massive amount of voter fraud. I'm willing to be proven wrong but I would also not bet against myself.

Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (5aZAZ)

130 >>> 123
Saw another video of a woman in Virginia bitching about her electric bill going from $200 per month to $620 per month, which is more than her car payment. She looks like an AWFL so no doubt she voted for this.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 30, 2026 06:00 PM (IifOV)

"What did you think de-carbonization looked like?"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (ULPxl)

131 123 Posted by: Frank Barone at January 30, 2026 06:00 PM (IifOV)

Correct, and the correct thing to do is to either be silent, or remind them "vote red this fall out of spite."

No door 3.

Posted by: sven at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (MUJd1)

132 Nood

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (W2Pud)

133 Following the 2022 midterm elections, Sears stated in a Fox Business interview that Trump was a "liability" and it was time for a new leader, noted in The Washington Post and ABC News.
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She did this to herself.

Posted by: Crusader at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (TN0g+)

134 She must share a code of honor with the thieves, murderers. Rapiers. And selling body.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (EyfuW)

135 Personal property tax on electric leaf blowers as well as electric landscaping equipment

______________________________

Where the hell did they pull this from? It's like someone is sitting in a room perusing the Consumer Price Index, and they catch wind of a popular product a lot of people are buying, leading to a new tax to get a piece of the profits.

Two years ago states were outlawing gas powered leaf blowers to encourage the Climate Change nonsense.

Posted by: Orson at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (dIske)

136 It is hard to believe the free houses for bureaucrats thing is real. This is the definition of looting the treasury.

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They didn't care.. They hated Trump that much

Psalm 7:15-16: "He scoops out a pit and digs it deep, and then falls into the hole he has made. His mischief recoils upon his own head; his violence comes down on his own skull."

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (a4flb)

137 >>> 129

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I have given this some thought and I have come down on the side of the voters are fucking retards rather than some massive amount of voter fraud. I'm willing to be proven wrong but I would also not bet against myself.
Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 06:01 PM (5aZAZ)

*sigh*

Posted by: AND at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (ULPxl)

138 Lived there eleven years, turned blue for Obama forever.. Blue cities, red rural areas. Now adopting insane policies, like Illinois (without all the debt,.yet). That's why I'll be leaving Illinois.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (fUDtc)

139 "I have given this some thought and I have come down on the side of the voters are fucking retards rather than some massive amount of voter fraud. I'm willing to be proven wrong but I would also not bet against myself.
Posted by: ballistic"

Those fucking retards on the right didn't show up to vote.
That's all it would take.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (vFG9F)

140 Trump never lent support to her , did he.

Posted by: runner at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (g47mK)

141 Point of order: are we 100% positive that Virgina voters actually elected her?

It's not the vote that counts, it's convincing them that their vote counted and, gosh, better luck next time!

Posted by: Uncle Joe at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (TylIK)

142 Posted by: sven at January 30, 2026 06:00 PM (MUJd

I don't think they were paying attention then. I'm in Texas and I heard Sears talking how Spasberger was a radical.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (cwGMH)

143 it's been about seven years since I spoke to my batshit crazy sister in Springfield that I am 100% sure voted for the loon new governor. She's on her deceased husband's military pension so I doubt she'll see a raise in that.

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (8uzBS)

144 IMO Sears looked good on paper but she was not charismatic enough. Plus, the media hammered her, put up horrendous pics of her, and Spamburglar was baked into the cake. Like Terry McAwful. Wasn't anything going to stop them from putting in their candidate. Plus, NoVA is retarded - it's really DC/MD lite. And VA Beach, Richmond, Hampton Roads, Norfolk all are always going to vote Demoncrat because reasons. Blacks vote Demonrat by and large. Yes, Trump has moved that needle but not here in VA or not from what I could tell.

And friends/old co-workers up in NoVA were all "Trump is evil, blah blah blah" with no proof and never reading or listening to what he was actually saying and doing. TDS and the brain rot runs deep with those types. You are never, ever going to change their mind.

Posted by: turambar at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (Q0yOR)

145 111 10 homeless people dead - presumably of hypothermia -in NYC after new Mamdani administration stopped forcing people off the streets - so how is this the 'warmth of collectivism'? Sounds like more rugged individualism..along with criminal negligence...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 05:57 PM (QGaXH)
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Sounds more like the soulless evil of leftism as it has existed for the last 100+ years.

Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5aZAZ)

146 I know some Virginians that didn't vote for any of this shit.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (0KSrI)

147 61 The voters of virginia deserve what they are going to get good and hard. They either refused to look at her record or they lied to themselves and voted for her and they are going to pay insanely higher taxes. I say good. To paraphrase the good book, you reap what you sow.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (0N4FZ)

It's not just the governor, they voted in a demoncrat legislature to double-down on stoopid!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:04 PM (QGaXH)

148 NOOD

Hell Lay rents Unexpectedly!!! drop.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 30, 2026 06:04 PM (ULPxl)

149 61 The voters of virginia deserve what they are going to get good and hard. They either refused to look at her record or they lied to themselves and voted for her and they are going to pay insanely higher taxes. I say good. To paraphrase the good book, you reap what you sow.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 30, 2026 05:48 PM (0N4FZ)

Gonna be California the Atlantic....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (QGaXH)

150
1) I bet the Virginia voters couldn't care less about Spanberger's lurch to the left.

2) I also bet she's a gutless captive of the hard left same as Kathy Hochul, same as all of them.

GUTLESS GUTLESS GUTLESS

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (hxCZf)

151 Those fucking retards on the right didn't show up to vote.
That's all it would take.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 06:02 PM (vFG9F)
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Yep. That too.

We, collectively, suck ass at turning out for elections in general, but off-year elections specifically.

Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (5aZAZ)

152 So, Virginia is getting what the voters wanted good and hard. Lots of stuff on twitter about energy prices. LOL

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 30, 2026 06:05 PM (qFwJc)

153 142 Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 06:03 PM (cwGMH)

We are not normies, and as others pointed out Sears throwing Trump under the bus in 22 did not sit well with her target audience in the rurals.

She was not as retarded as Aftyn Behn....

That's a pretty low bar to hop over.

Posted by: sven at January 30, 2026 06:06 PM (MUJd1)

154 We, collectively, suck ass at turning out for elections in general, but off-year elections specifically.
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Why is is MY job to go to a movie? Its YOUR job to make a movie so compelling that I CAN'T WAIT to go see it!

Posted by: Crusader at January 30, 2026 06:06 PM (TN0g+)

155 64 Also fuck the VA GOP for not finding a better candidate than Winsome Sears. She seems like a nice and good person but holy shit she couldn't campaign her way out of a wet paper bag with a razor blade in both hands. What a useless fucking organization.
Posted by: ballistic at January 30, 2026 05:49 PM (5aZAZ)

I feel the same way about the California GOP - look who they give us as candidates - TV and radio personalities?

Last guy who pulled that off successfully in California was Ronald Reagan. I don't consider Ah-nold a successful Governor nor a real Republican.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM (QGaXH)

156 James O'Keefe@JamesOKeefeIII
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We go LIVE tomorrow at 1 PM with our full video report of hidden camera footage from inside the mob.

Watch live on our channels:

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The NGO money is there, the Unionista's are there
BUT the majority of people there are TRUE BELIEVERS.

In a middle class neighborhood, all white, not that old. Hanson's got an article out, Minnesota
is the new South Carolina.

We need Andrew Jacksonian to kick some butt. Now.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 06:09 PM (rarFa)

157 Winsome-Sears was one of the few donations I made this past cycle. I recall in 2010 I had 10 candidates I supported financially. Star Parker was the only one that didn't make it.

was thoroughly disappointed in Nikki Haley, didn't really like Rubio until now so that one washed, the rest were fairly solid out of the box

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (8uzBS)

158 68 Everybody kept telling them what would happen, but they just had to get them some of that moderate democrat.
Posted by: Clay at January 30, 2026 05:50 PM (y7KMV)

Everybody's saying she campaigned as a moderate and once in power ripped the mask off and went 'bwaa-ha-ha-ha'!

No - stupids - this IS a 'moderate democrate'.

Don't vote for people with the letter 'D' after their name!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (QGaXH)

159 eh...Rand Paul is in there...

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (8uzBS)

160 The new tax bills are pushing for a tax on all of the following areas:

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There is no tax on urination and defecation?

I am disappoint.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 06:10 PM (0Eh0f)

161 Personal property tax on electric leaf blowers as well as electric landscaping equipment

Not that I was worried about killing Gaia, but tired of replacing fuel lines because of ethanol contamination in the fuel, I migrated from gas powered to buying Echo X Series Battery systems.

Kind of nice not having to futz with gasoline, oil, noise, hot engines, winterizing, etc. just slap a battery on and go do it.

Motors are MUCH quieter than two-stroke anything. But $1600 for back-pack Mexican bagpipe is pretty obscene. Then they want to slap taxes on it. And if you don't do yard maintenance, slap fines.

They hate human flourishing.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 30, 2026 06:12 PM (a4flb)

162 I know it's hard for you to believe, but this is what most Americans want. People will be flocking to move to Virginia like crazy now. Gonna need to build a wall to keep people out!

Posted by: Sid at January 30, 2026 06:12 PM (XXghx)

163 Winsome-Sears was one of the few donations I made this past cycle.

Her campaign was miserable. Why vote for Winsome-Sears? Because she is black and wants to be known for being black and having a high elected office while being black.

Basically vote for Winsome-Sears because she is black.

That is pretty damned selfish reason to run - insecurities and vanity.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 30, 2026 06:15 PM (a4flb)

164 I hate ethanol in gas and I'm pissed a Navarro justifying ethanol as a place to dump corn liquor when China doesn't buy our corn.

I say let China find another source and we'll eat the corn that is left. Quit with the ethanol.

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 06:15 PM (8uzBS)

165 There was a tiny typo in the post that triggered the blog software, which freaked out and broke the page. All fixed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Does that mean we shifted alternate timelines again? Maybe the one where you guys know how to make that killer Mac & Cheese? Because hint I really liked than one hint.

Posted by: Fen at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (ciYHQ)

166 Why vote for Winsome-Sears?

Spanburger was the only reason.

Posted by: DanMan at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (8uzBS)

167 Democrats have to tax to keep from running out of other people's money

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

168 A gal also waiting there checked the Farcebook page for the office - all those lovely folks were on strike in support of ICE resistance.

I am now praying every one of those lovely folks are checking out the options at "Jobs-r-us" on Monday.
Posted by: moki
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Complain to Gov. and State Reps/Senators. Pretty responsive in Arkansas due to term limits.

Posted by: whig at January 30, 2026 06:17 PM (2swu2)

169 Zero chance the guy holding the origin of the money hose is only getting 12000 while sending 130,000.

Absolutely zero.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:25 PM (8avO+)

170 Last guy who pulled that off successfully in California was Ronald Reagan. I don't consider Ah-nold a successful Governor nor a real Republican.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 06:07 PM (QGaXH)

Don't sell him short, by CA GOPe standards he was the second coming of Christ himself. A one term pause in the power dive to death and destruction was very welcome.

A little while later the CA GOPe committed collective suicide to make sure it never happened again.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 06:29 PM (8avO+)

171 Ethanol is not going away. All the companies are tooled for it. It's baked in the cake. It will be easier to let diesel be diesel cut the blue bottle and let Toyota or whomever have a go at it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 06:40 PM (rarFa)

172 I’m convinced that the writers named James KIRK after James COOK, one of the greatest maritime explorers in history.
Posted by: Bulg at January 30, 2026 05:59 PM (77rzZ)
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Actually, it was the other way around.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 30, 2026 06:51 PM (RIvkX)

173 Don't forget all the violations of the 2d Amendment she and the legislature will be signing into law. And the one about not being allowed to verify eligibility for federal funds.

Posted by: GWB at January 30, 2026 06:53 PM (Cphwz)

174 Just want to say a quick word of thanks to the VA GOP who gave us… Winless Smears and…

The Trump voters who can’t be bothered to vote if the ballot isn’t orange.

Posted by: SMFH at January 30, 2026 08:28 PM (1/hwe)

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